Decrease in Adrenergic Axon Sprouting in the Senescent Rat
- 17 November 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 202 (4369), 775-778
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.715443
Abstract
When the septal area in young adult rats is denervated by a lesion of the fimbria-fornix, adrenergic fibers proliferate within the denervated area. The same operation performed on aged animals gives rise to a qualitatively similar but quantitatively less pronounced response. This reduction in reactive growth may reflect a decreased capacity of the aged brain to remodel its circuitry and restore lost function.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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