Enhanced post-ischemic neurogenesis in aging rats

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue AUG, 2010, Pages

  Tan, Yao Fang ^a   Preston, Edward ^b   Wojtowicz, J Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult neurogenesis; Aging; Dentate gyrus; Hippocampus; Ischemia; Stroke

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952707622     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2010.00163     Document Type: Article

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