Age-related morphological changes in the hippocampus in two mouse strains

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 155-164

  Barkats, M ^a,b   Bertholet, J Y ^a   Cohen Salmona, C ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Granule cells; Hippocampus; Inbred mice

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HEREDITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INBRED STRAIN; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030011824     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-6374(95)01702-X     Document Type: Article

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