Preservation into old age of synaptic number and size in the supragranular layer of the dentate gyrus in rhesus monkeys

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-72

  Tigges, J ^a,b   Herndon, J G ^a   Rosene, D L ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon terminals; Hippocampal formation; Macaca mulatia; Rhesus monkey; Stereological study; Synaptic density

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; STEREOLOGY; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0030431171     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: 14226421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000147867     Document Type: Article

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