Human medial temporal lobe in aging: Anatomical basis of memory preservation

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 8-15

  Insausti, R ^a   Insausti, A M ^a   Sobreviela, M T ^a   Salinas, A ^a   Martinez Penuela J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Entorhinal cortex; Hippocampal formation; Parahippocampal gyrus; Perirhinal cortex

Indexed keywords

ATROPHY; CORTEXES; CORTICAL AREAS; CORTICAL VOLUMES; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPAL FORMATION; MEMORY FUNCTIONS; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PERIRHINAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBES;

BRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0032191822     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19981001)43:1<8::AID-JEMT2>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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