Neuroanatomical changes associated with cognitive aging

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages 137-162

  Juraska, Janice M ^a   Lowry, Nioka C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Basolateral amygdala; Corpus callosum; Dendrites; Dopamine; Estrogen; Glutamate; Hippocampus; Hormone treatment; Medroxyprogesterone acetate; Menopause; Myelination; Neuron number; Prefrontal cortex; Progesterone; Stereology; Synapses; Synaptophysin; White matter

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME B; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; GLUTAMIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; MONOAMINE; PROGESTERONE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITIVE AGING; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEMYELINATION; DENDRITE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; RODENT; STEREOLOGY; SYNAPSE; WHITE MATTER; AGING; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DENDRITES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HORMONES; HUMANS; NEUROIMAGING; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84898481579     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2011_137     Document Type: Article

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