Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 504-511 , March 2010

Age-related decline of functional inhibition in rat cortex

  • S. Schmidt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Friedrich Schiller University, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747 Jena, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 3641 9 325901; fax: +49 3641 9 325902.
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  • C. Redecker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Friedrich Schiller University, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747 Jena, Germany
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  • C. Bruehl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Friedrich Schiller University, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747 Jena, Germany
    • Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Ruprecht Karls University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • O.W. Witte

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Friedrich Schiller University, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747 Jena, Germany

Received 17 August 2007 ,Revised 2 April 2008 ,Accepted 10 April 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.04.006

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 504-511 , March 2010

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