Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 39-50 , January 2008

Region specific neuron loss in the aged canine hippocampus is reduced by enrichment

  • Christina T. Siwak-Tapp

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia, University of California, 1226 Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility, Irvine, CA 92697-4540, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 949 824 6071; fax: +1 949 824 2071.
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  • Elizabeth Head

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia, University of California, 1226 Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility, Irvine, CA 92697-4540, USA
    • Department of Neurology, University of California, 1226 Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility, Irvine, CA 92697-4540, USA
    • ,
  • Bruce A. Muggenburg

      Affiliations

    • Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, 2425 Ridgecrest Dr. SE., Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA
    • ,
  • Norton W. Milgram

      Affiliations

    • University of Toronto, 1265 Military Trail, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada M1C 1A4
    • ,
  • Carl W. Cotman

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia, University of California, 1226 Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility, Irvine, CA 92697-4540, USA

Received 12 May 2006 ,Revised 20 September 2006 ,Accepted 30 September 2006.

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