Communication breakdown: The impact of ageing on synapse structure

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-42

  Petralia, Ronald S ^a   Mattson, Mark P ^b   Yao, Pamela J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Dendritic spine; Neurotransmitter vesicles; Postsynaptic density; Presynaptic bouton; Synapse

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AGING; BRAIN STEM; CALORIC INTAKE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CEREBELLUM; COCHLEA; DENDRITIC SPINE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; FOREBRAIN; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DETERIORATION; METABOLIC STRESS; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PURKINJE CELL; RETINA; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOME; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; FOOD DEPRIVATION; PATHOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COCHLEA; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HUMANS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RETINA; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84895950866     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2014.01.003     Document Type: Review

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