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Brain Aging

Models, Methods, and Mechanisms

RiddleDavid R.

Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group0-8493-3818-2978-0-8493-3818-22007

© 2007 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Table of Contents

Series Preface
Preface
About the Editor
Contributors
Section I Assessing Cognitive Aging
- 1 Changes in Cognitive Function in Human Aging Elizabeth L. Glisky
- 2 Successful vs. Unsuccessful Aging in the Rhesus Monkey Mark B. Moss, Tara L. Moore, Stephen P. Schettler, Ronald Killiany, and Douglas Rosene
- 3 Neuropsychology of Cognitive Aging in Rodents Joshua S. Rodefer and Mark G. Baxter
Section II Quantifying Aging-Related Changes in the Brain
- 4 Design-Based Stereology in Brain Aging Research Christoph Schmitz and Patrick R. Hof
- 5 The Effects of Normal Aging on Nerve Fibers and Neuroglia in the Central Nervous System Alan Peters
- 6 Neurogenesis in the Adult and Aging Brain David R. Riddle and Robin J. Lichtenwalner
- 7 Expression Profile Analysis of Brain Aging Stephen D. Ginsberg
Section III Assessing Functional Changes in the Aging Nervous System
- 8 Subtle Alterations in Glutamatergic Synapses Underlie the Aging-Related Decline in Hippocampal Function Lei Shi, Michelle Adams, and Judy K. Brunso-Bechtold
- 9 Assessment of Second Messenger Function in the Hippocampus of Aged Rats with Cognitive Impairment Michelle M. Nicolle, Hai-Yan Zhang, and Jennifer L. Bizon
- 10 Neurophysiology of Old Neurons and Synapses Ashok Kumar and Thomas C. Foster
- 11 Imaging Cognition in the Aging Human Brain Trey Hedden
Section IV Mechanisms Contributing to Brain Aging
- 12 Regulation of Cerebrovascular Aging William E. Sonntag, Delrae M. Eckman, Jeremy Ingraham, and David R. Riddle
- 13 Stress and Glucocorticoid Contributions to Normal and Pathological Aging Ki A. Goosens and Robert M. Sapolsky
- 14 Altered Calcium Homeostasis in Old Neurons Emil C. Toescu
- 15 Oxidative Stress and the Aging Brain: From Theory to Prevention Carmelina Gemma, Jennifer Vila, Adam Bachstetter, and Paula C. Bickford
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