title: [Synaptic changes in cortical and subcortical brain formations in old rats].
abstract: Electron microscopy was used to study structural changes of synapses in sensorimotor, parietal, limbic cortical areas, hippocamp, blue spot and hypothalamus of old Wistar rats, aged 28-30 months. Polymorphism of ultrastructural changes in neuronal and synapse processes and individual variability of these shifts in the brain of old rats have been revealed. The predominant damage of post-synaptic synapse components with ageing is demonstrated. Along with dystrophic and destructive changes in pre- and post-synaptic parts of the contact, signs of compensatory adaptive resettings in inter-neuronal links have been detected.
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D003712:Dendrites / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013569:Synapses / Q000648:ultrastructure*
vernacular_title: Izmeneniia sinapsov v nekotorykh korkovykh i podkorkovykh obrazovaniiakh mozga starykh krys.