Impact of age-related neuroglial cell responses on hippocampal deterioration

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  Ojo, Joseph O ^a,b   Rezaie, Payam ^a   Gabbott, Paul L ^a   Stewart, Michael G ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROSKAMP INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AGING; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL COMMUNICATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MICROGLIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPATIAL LEARNING;

EID: 84928804972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2015.00057     Document Type: Review

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