The effects of aging on layer 1 in area 46 of prefrontal cortex in the rhesus monkey

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 671-684

  Peters, Alan ^a   Sethares, Claire ^b   Moss, Mark B ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RHESUS MONKEY; SYNAPSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0031773252     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/8.8.671     Document Type: Article

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