Conservation of neuronal number and size in the entorhinal cortex of behaviorally characterized aged rats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 438, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 445-456

  Merrill, David A ^a   Chiba, Andrea A ^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; Fischer 344; Hippocampus; Memory; Neurobiology; Nucleator; Optical fractionator; Stereology; Water maze

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CELL SIZE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOMETRY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL SIZE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 0035479759     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.1327     Document Type: Article

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