Conservation of neuron number and size in entorhinal cortex layers II, III, and V/VI of aged primates

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 422, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 396-401

  Merrill, David A ^a   Roberts, Jeffrey A ^b   Tuszynski, Mark H ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Memory; Neurobiology; Rhesus monkey; Stereology

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; STEREOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS;

EID: 0034601285     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9861(20000703)422:3<396::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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