Variation in hippocampal neuron number with age and brain volume

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 710-718

  Harding, Antony J ^a   Halliday, Glenda M ^a   Kril, Jillian J ^b,c  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0031792823     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/8.8.710     Document Type: Article

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