Effects of aging on numbers and sizes of neurons in histochemically defined subregions of monkey striate cortex

Anatomical Record

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 119-128

  Kim, Charlene B Y ^a   Pier, Lee P ^a   Spear, Peter D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Blobs; Cytochrome oxidase; Interblobs; Rhesus monkey; Striate cortex

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MONKEY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0030869338     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199701)247:1<119::AID-AR14>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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