Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 782-792 , May 2009

Protein kinase C activity is associated with prefrontal cortical decline in aging

  • Avis R. Brennan

      Affiliations

    • Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Neurobiology, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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  • Peixiong Yuan

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Laboratory of Molecular Pathophysiology, 35 Convent Drive, MSC 3711, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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  • Dara L. Dickstein

      Affiliations

    • Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
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  • Anne B. Rocher

      Affiliations

    • Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
    • Current address: Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, 715 Albany Street, L, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
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  • Patrick R. Hof

      Affiliations

    • Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
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  • Husseini Manji

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Laboratory of Molecular Pathophysiology, 35 Convent Drive, MSC 3711, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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  • Amy F.T. Arnsten

      Affiliations

    • Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Neurobiology, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Neurobiology, 333 Cedar Street, SHM C300, New Haven, CT 06511, USA. Tel.: +1 203 785 4431; fax: +1 203 785 5263.

Received 23 May 2007 ,Revised 16 July 2007 ,Accepted 22 August 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.08.020

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 782-792 , May 2009

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