Stereological analysis of astrocyte and microglia in aging mouse hippocampus

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 497-503

  Long, Jeffrey M ^a   Kalehua, Audrey N ^a   Muth, Nancy J ^b   Calhoun, Michael E ^c   Jucker, Mathias ^c   Hengemihle, John M ^a   Ingram, Donald K ^a   Mouton, Peter R ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b Essex Community College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CA1; Dentate Gyrus; Glia; Hilus; Mouse; Stereology

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; TECHNIQUE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL COUNT; DENTATE GYRUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROGLIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032424914     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(98)00088-8     Document Type: Article

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