Excess endogenous formaldehyde induces memory decline

Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 575-579

  Tong, Zhiqian ^a   Han, Chanshuai ^a   Miao, Junye ^a   Lu, Jing ^a   He, Rongqiao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Endogenous formaldehyde; Formaldehyde stress; Memory decline; Senile dementia; Visual spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 79960248402     PISSN: 10003282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1206.2011.00241     Document Type: Article

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