Preserved number of entorhinal cortex layer II neurons in aged macaque monkeys

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 549-553

  Gazzaley, A H ^a   Thakker, M M ^a   Hof, P R ^a   Morrison, J H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Entorhinal cortex; Macaque monkey; Optical fractionator; Stereology

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; LEARNING; MACACA; MEMORY; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERFORANT NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE; NON-NASA CENTER;

AGING; ANIMALS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACACA MULATTA; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0030713391     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(97)00112-7     Document Type: Article

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