Total number of neurons in the layers of the human entorhinal cortex

Hippocampus

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-82

  West, Mark J ^a   Slomianka, Lutz ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Disector; Fractionator; Hippocampus; Memory; Neuron counts; Perforant path; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; PERFORANT NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; TECHNIQUE; VARIANCE;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; OPTICS;

EID: 0031931811     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1063(1998)8:1<69::AID-HIPO7>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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