Age-related changes in the volume of somata and organelles of cerebellar granule cells

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 325-332

  Monteiro, Rogério A F ^a   Henrique, R M F ^a   Rocha, E ^a   Marini Abreu, M M ^a   Oliveira, M H ^a   Silva, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aging; Cerebellar cortex; Cerebellum; Granule cells; Morphometry; Nucleator; Stereology

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CYTOPLASM; DENSE BODY; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; MITOCHONDRIA; ORGANELLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031705468     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(98)00064-5     Document Type: Article

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