Epigenetic contributions to cognitive aging: Disentangling mindspan and lifespan

Learning and Memory

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 569-574

  Spiegel, Amy M ^a   Sewal, Angila S ^a   Rapp, Peter R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE DEACETYLASE;

AGE RELATED MEMORY IMPAIRMENT; AGING; CHROMATIN; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MINDSPAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; LEARNING; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; COGNITION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS;

EID: 84907721833     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.033506.113     Document Type: Review

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