Effect of two medium chain triglycerides-supplemented diets on synaptic morphology in the cerebellar cortex of late-adult rats

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 933-938

  Balietti, Marta ^a   Fattoretti, Patrizia ^a   Giorgetti, Belinda ^a   Casoli, Tiziana ^a   Di Stefano, Giuseppina ^a   Platano, Daniela ^b   Aicardi, Giorgio ^b   Lattanzio, Fabrizia ^a   Bertoni Freddari, Carlo ^a  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain; Ketogenic approach; Mitochondria; Synapses

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; MITOCHONDRIA; RATS; VEGETABLE OILS;

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CELL LAYERS; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; DENTATE GYRUS; GRANULE CELLS; KETOGENIC APPROACH; MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES; MITOCHONDRIAS; MOLECULAR LAYER; SYNAPSE;

BRAIN;

MEDIUM CHAIN TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DENTATE GYRUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENESCENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

RATTUS;

EID: 70649096253     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20737     Document Type: Article

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