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Life Sciences Research Office, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Bethesda, MD 20814
Under the sponsorship of the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the Life Sciences Research Office of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology held a workshop entitled, "The Role of Folate and Vitamin B-12 in Neurotransmitter Metabolism and Degenerative Neurological Changes Associated with Aging." The purpose of the May 1988 workshop was to bring together scientists from various disciplines to identify opportunities for research on an important topic relating to neuroscience, nutrition and aging.
KEY WORDS: aging folate vitamin B-12 neurotransmitters
1 This is a summary of a workshop by the same name held May 1920, 1988, and sponsored by the National Institute on Aging and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD under Conference Grant No. 1-R13-AG07501-01. The full proceedings are available from the FASEB Special Publications Office, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814 at a cost of $25.00 prepaid.
2 Address: Department of Laboratory Hematology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106.