Unbiased morphometrical measurements show loss of pigmented nigral neurones with ageing

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 394-399

  Ma, S Y ^a   Roytta M ^a   Collan, Y ^a   Rinne, J O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Dissector counts; Neurone number; Parkinson's disease; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PIGMENTATION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0032721769     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2990.1999.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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