Animal Models of Human Cognitive Aging

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bizon, Jennifer L. (Editor), Woods, Alisa (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2009.
• Series: Aging Medicine
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Biomedicine.

Significant improvements in lifestyle and medical science are leading to an ever increasing elderly population in the United States and other developed nations. The U.S. census bureau estimates the number of people over 65 will nearly double by 2030, and that the elderly population will comprise nea...