Age and hemisphere effects on dendritic structure

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1983-1990

  Anderson, Britt ^a,b,c,d   Rutledge, Valisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cerebral cortex; Cerebral lateralization; Dendrites; Language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN WEIGHT; COGNITION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DENDRITE; GOLGI STAIN; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SENESCENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030466015     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.6.1983     Document Type: Article

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