In the aged brain, glial cells multiply while neurons die
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In old age, the number of cells in the brain keeps increasing with age 1 0 2and
In the aged brain, glial cells multiply while neurons die 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
Factors known to reduce brain size at birth are also involved in the degenerating brain in old age or Alzheimer's disease 1 0 2Mentions
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