Involvement of BDNF in age-dependent alterations in the hippocampus

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue AUG, 2010, Pages

  Von Bohlen und Halbach, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Dendritic spines; Depression; Hippocampus; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960832275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2010.00036     Document Type: Review

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