The importance of the environment in brain aging: Be happy, live longer!

Brain Aging and Therapeutic Interventions

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 79-94

  De la Fuente, Mónica ^a   Arranz, Lorena ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain; Environmental enrichment; Longevity extension; Neuro immune endocrine communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948983476     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5237-5_6     Document Type: Chapter

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