Synaptic Correlates of Aging and Cognitive Decline

The Synapse: Structure and Function

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 301-342

  Hara, Yuko ^a   Morrison, John H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; AMPA; Estrogen; Glutamate; Kainate Receptor; NMDA; Postsynaptic bins; Synapse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895979802     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-418675-0.00010-9     Document Type: Chapter

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