A further evaluation of the effect of age on striate cortex of the rhesus monkey

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-36

  Peters, Alan ^a   Nigro, Neil J ^a   McNally, Karen J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; area 17; cortical volume; macaque; neurons

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; STRIATE CORTEX;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; TISSUE FIXATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0031054648     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(96)00208-4     Document Type: Article

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