Effects of aging on myelinated nerve fibers in monkey primary visual cortex

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 419, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 364-376

  Peters, Alan ^a,b   Moss, Mark B ^a,b   Sethares, Claire ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; Electron microscopy; Myelin; Normal aging; Senescence

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MONKEY; MYELINATED NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; VISUAL CORTEX;

AGING; ANIMALS; AXONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MACACA MULATTA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0034054960     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000410)419:3<364::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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