Blood-brain-barriers in aging and in Alzheimer's disease

The aging process correlates with a progressive failure in the normal cellular and organ functioning; these alterations are aggravated in Alzheimer's disease (AD). In both aging and AD there is a general decrease in the capacity of the body to eliminate toxic compounds and, simultaneously, to s...

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Main Author: Marques, Fernanda (author)
Other Authors: Sousa, João Carlos (author), Sousa, Nuno (author), Palha, Joana Almeida (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/26953
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/26953