Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Pages 333-340 , March 2004

Impact of age and caloric restriction on neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus of C57BL/6 mice

  • Luca Bondolfi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Basel, Schönbeinstrasse 40, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland
    • Contributed equally.
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  • Florian Ermini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Basel, Schönbeinstrasse 40, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland
    • Contributed equally.
    • ,
  • Jefferey M Long

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Experimental Gerontology, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
    • Present address: Medical Teaching Facility, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
    • ,
  • Donald K Ingram

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Experimental Gerontology, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
    • ,
  • Mathias Jucker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Basel, Schönbeinstrasse 40, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland
    • Department of Cellular Neurology, Hertie-Institute of Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +41-61-265-2894; fax: +41-61-265-3194.

Received 2 January 2003 ,Revised 10 April 2003 ,Accepted 11 April 2003.

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Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Pages 333-340 , March 2004

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