Correlation of cognitive performance and morphological changes in neocortical pyramidal neurons in aging

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1466-1480

  Allard, Simon ^a   Scardochio, Tina ^a   Cuello, A Claudio ^a   Ribeiro da Silva, Alfredo ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; GABA; Glutamate; Image analysis; Immunocytochemistry; Intracellular labeling

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; GABAERGIC APPOSITION; GLUTAMATERGIC APPOSITION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORRIS WATER MAZE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PERFUSION; PERIKARYON; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 84861188142     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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