Brain aging : models, methods, and mechanisms /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Riddle, David R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2007]
Series:Frontiers in neuroscience (Boca Raton, Fla.)
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Changes in cognitive function in human aging
  • Successful vs. unsuccessful aging in the Rhesus monkey
  • Neuropsychology of cognitive aging in rodents
  • Design-based stereology in brain aging research
  • The effects of normal aging on nerve fibers and neuroglia in the central nervous system
  • Neurogenesis in the adult and aging brainr
  • Expression profile analysis of brain aging
  • Subtle alterations in glutamatergic synapses underlie the aging-related decline in hippocampal function
  • Assessment of second messenger function in the hippocampus of aged rats with cognitive impairment
  • Neurophysiology of old neurons and synapses
  • Imaging cognition in the aging human brain
  • Regulation of cerebrovascular aging-- Stress and glucocorticoid contributions to normal and pathological aging
  • Altered calcium homeostasis in old neurons
  • Oxidative stress and the aging brain: from theory to prevention