Morphometric studies of the aged hippocampus: I. Volumetric analysis in behaviorally characterized rats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 403, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 459-470

  Rapp, Peter R ^a   Stack, Edward C ^b   Gallagher, Michela ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entorhinal cortex; Histological techniques; Maze learning; Stereology

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DENTATE GYRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0033601731     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990125)403:4<459::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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