Middle-aged rat hippocampus and some early changes accompanying aging

Central European Journal of Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 810-816

  Gasparova, Zdenka ^a   Janega, Pavol ^b,c   Pronayova, Nada ^d   Liptaj, Tibor ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^d SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain; Hippocampus; Neurotransmission; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Plasticity; Quantitative morphometry

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84865491199     PISSN: 1895104X     EISSN: 16443632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-012-0074-8     Document Type: Article

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