Synaptic characteristics of dentate gyrus axonal boutons and their relationships with aging, menopause, and memory in female rhesus monkeys

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 7737-7744

  Hara, Yuko ^a   Park, C Sehwan ^a   Janssen, William G M ^a   Punsoni, Michael ^a   Rapp, Peter R ^d   Morrison, John H ^a,b,c  

^a Neurobiology of Aging Laboratories   (United States)

^b Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENOPAUSE; MULTIPLE SYNAPSE BOUTON; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SINGLE SYNAPSE BOUTON; SYNAPSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; AXONS; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MEMORY; MENOPAUSE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 79957660661     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0822-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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