A quantitative morphometric analysis of the neuronal and synaptic content of the frontal and temporal cortex in patients with Alzheimer's disease

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 151-164

  Davies, C A ^a   Mann, D M A ^a   Sumpter, P Q ^a   Yates, P O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cerebral cortex; Neurones; Quantitative morphology; Synapses

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPSY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOPSY; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEURONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYNAPSES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0023106967     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(87)90057-8     Document Type: Article

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