An analysis of atrophy in the medial mammillary nucleus following hippocampal and fornix lesions in humans and nonhuman primates

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 180-190

  Loftus, Mirela ^a   Knight, Robert T ^b   Amaral, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell number; Cell size; Cerebral infarct; CNS; Degeneration; Fimbria; Fornix; Hippocampus; Human; Medial mammillary nucleus; Modelling; Stereology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; DENDRITE; EFFERENT NERVE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACACA; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; STEREOLOGY; SUBICULUM;

EID: 0034073626     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.2000.7361     Document Type: Article

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