Neurobiological bases of age-related cognitive decline in the rhesus monkey

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 861-874

  Peters, A ^a,b   Rosene, D L ^a,b   Moss, M B ^a,b   Kemper, T L ^a   Abraham, C R ^a   Tigges, J ^b,c   Albert, M S ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Behavior; Cerebral cortex; Hippocampal formation; Macaca mulatta; Mylein; Neuronal loss

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; CELL DENSITY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DENDRITE; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIFESPAN; MEMORY; MYELINATED NERVE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHESUS MONKEY; SENILE PLAQUE; SYNAPSE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0029799786     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199608000-00001     Document Type: Review

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