Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 32, Issue 12 , Pages 2198-2210 , December 2011

Age-related changes in Arc transcription and DNA methylation within the hippocampus

  • M.R. Penner

      Affiliations

    • ARL Div of Neural Systems, Memory & Aging and Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute, Univ Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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  • T.L. Roth

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurobiology and Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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  • M.K. Chawla

      Affiliations

    • ARL Div of Neural Systems, Memory & Aging and Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute, Univ Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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  • L.T. Hoang

      Affiliations

    • ARL Div of Neural Systems, Memory & Aging and Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute, Univ Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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  • E.D. Roth

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurobiology and Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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  • F.D. Lubin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurobiology and Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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  • J.D. Sweatt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurobiology and Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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  • P.F. Worley

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Neuroscience & Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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  • C.A. Barnes

      Affiliations

    • ARL Div of Neural Systems, Memory & Aging and Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute, Univ Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
    • Departments of Psychology & Neurology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: University of Arizona, Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute, Life Sciences North, Rm 362, Tucson, AZ 85724, United States. Tel.: +1 520 626 2616; fax: +1 520 626 2618.

Received 2 September 2009 ,Revised 12 January 2010 ,Accepted 14 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.01.009

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 32, Issue 12 , Pages 2198-2210 , December 2011

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