Activation and degeneration during aging: A morphometric study of the human hypothalamus

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-48

  Zhou, Jiang Ning ^a   Swaab, Dick F ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Degeneration; Human hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION;

CELL NUMBER; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEGENERATION; DEGENERATIVE CHANGES; HUMAN HYPOTHALAMUS; MIDDLE AGES; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROMODULATORS; PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

NEURONS;

NEUROKININ B; OXYTOCIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOPRESSIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFUNDIBULUM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032939968     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19990101)44:1<36::AID-JEMT5>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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