Astrocytic response to cerebral ischemia is influenced by sex differences and impaired by aging
Ischemic stroke occurs more often among the elderly, and within this demographic, women are at an increased risk for stroke and have poorer functional recovery than men. This is also well replicated in animal studies where aging females are shown to have more extensive brain tissue loss as compared...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Neurobiology of Disease |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996115001060 |