Stereological age-related changes in neurons of the rat dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus

Anatomical Record

Volumn 255, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 396-400

  Diaz, Florentina ^a   Villena, Alicia ^a   Gonzalez, Pilar ^a   Requena, Virginia ^a   Rius, Francisca ^a   De Vargas, Ignacio Perez ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus; Stereological study

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL VOLUME; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOMETRY;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; GENICULATE BODIES; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033179595     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(19990801)255:4<396::AID-AR5>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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