Age-related neuronal loss in the nucleus centralis superior of the rhesus monkey

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 124-130

  Kemper, T L ^a,b   Moss, M B ^a,c   Rosene, D L ^a,c   Killiany, R J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain stem; Neuron degeneration; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS MEDIALIS CENTRALIS NUCLEUS;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; MACACA MULATTA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS, EFFERENT; PONS; RAPHE NUCLEI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030852986     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050683     Document Type: Article

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