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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Tao Lu
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-1572 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Lu Tao T Pan Ying Y Kao Shyan-Yuan SY Li Cheng C Kohane Isaac I Chan Jennifer J Yankner Bruce A BA
Nature 20040609 6994
The ageing of the human brain is a cause of cognitive decline in the elderly and the major risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. The time in life when brain ageing begins is undefined. Here we show that transcriptional profiling of the human frontal cortex from individuals ranging from 26 to 106 years of age defines a set of genes with reduced expression after age 40. These genes play central roles in synaptic plasticity, vesicular transport and mitochondrial function. This is followed by inducti ...[more]