Ratio of pyramidal cells versus non-pyramidal cells in the human frontal isocortex and changes in ratio with ageing and Alzheimer's disease

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 70, Issue C, 1986, Pages 185-212

  Braak, H ^a   Braak, E ^a  

^a Department of Anatomy ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL COUNT; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEURONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0022841816     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)64305-8     Document Type: Article

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