Which synapses are affected in aging and what is the nature of their vulnerability? A commentary on "life span and synapses: will there be a primary senile dementia?"

Neurobiol Aging. 2001 May-Jun;22(3):349-50. doi: 10.1016/s0197-4580(00)00244-x.

Author

Affiliation

¹ Kastor Neurobiology of Aging Laboratories, Fishberg Research Center for Neurobiology, and the Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA. John.Morrison@mssm.edu

PMID: 11378237
DOI: 10.1016/s0197-4580(00)00244-x

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Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aging / pathology*
Aging / physiology*
Alzheimer Disease / pathology*
Animals
Cell Count
Disease Susceptibility
Hippocampus / pathology
Hippocampus / physiology
Humans
Life Expectancy*
Middle Aged
Models, Animal
Models, Neurological*
Rats
Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / metabolism
Synapses / pathology*

Substances

Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate