age-related decline
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decline
noun[S or U]
uk/dɪˈklaɪn/us/dɪˈklaɪn/
when something becomes less in amount, importance, quality, ...
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Anage-relateddeclinein interleukin-10 may contribute to the increased expression of interleukin-6 in brain of aged mice.
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And there was no longer a continuedage-relateddeclinewithin the late learners.
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However, if these positions are both correct, then theage-relateddeclinein learning cannot be caused by a critical period.
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Thus, our findings are consistent with the view thatage-relateddeclinein choroidal function might contribute to age-related vision loss in pigeons.
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However, perceptual or working memory processes that require more sophisticated neural network structures will showage-relateddecline.
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Age-relateddeclinein fertility: a link to degenerative oocytes.
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Interestingly, the magnitude of this excess showed anage-relateddeclineacross child to adult autism cases.
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We foundage-relateddeclinein performance that was comparable for the two groups.
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Together, our data strongly support the theory that microglia experience anage-relateddeclinein cellular function that is accompanied by morphological signs of cellular degeneration.
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An unexpected finding was thatage-relateddeclinewas larger for backward than forward masking in two of the three conditions.
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The finding that patients did not experience an acceleratedage-relateddecline, is encouraging for rehabilitation.
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Thirdly, we foundage-relateddeclinein masking performance, especially for backward masking, that was comparable for patients and controls.
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All three conditions showed anage-relateddeclinein performance and rates of decline were comparable between patients and controls.
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It is not yet known whether there are regional differences in the excess neuron numbers or in the rate and magnitude of theage-relateddeclinein numbers.
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Granholm et al. uncoveredage-relateddeclinein visual processing, but their group was older than ours (mean age of 56.9 for the patients).
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Anage-relateddeclinein function can be demonstrated in all parts of this system and as a result, one-third of the population over 65 years fall each year.
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