Synaptic genes are extensively downregulated across multiple brain regions in normal human aging and Alzheimer's disease.

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Published in Neurobiol Aging on December 27, 2012

Authors

Nicole C Berchtold1, Paul D Coleman, David H Cribbs, Joseph Rogers, Daniel L Gillen, Carl W Cotman

Author Affiliations

1: Institute for Mental Impairments and Neurological Disorders (MIND), University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA. nberchto@uci.edu

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