Folate, DNA damage and the aging brain

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 236-241

  Fenech, Michael ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain; DNA damage; Folate

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYTOSINE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; THYMINE;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TELOMERE; TISSUE REGENERATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; METHYLATION; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; RATS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RISK FACTORS; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; URACIL;

EID: 77952518769     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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