Morphometry of age pigment (lipofuscin) and of ceroid pigment deposits associated with vitamin E deficiency

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 263-268

  Fattoretti, P ^a   Bertoni Freddari, C ^a   Casoli, T ^a   Di Stefano, G ^a   Solazzi, M ^a   Corvi, E ^a  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ceroid pigment; Computer assisted morphometric analysis; Hippocampal pyramidal neurons; Lipofuscin; Oxidative stress; Vitamin E deficiency

Indexed keywords

CEROID; LIPOFUSCIN;

AGE; AGING; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036125806     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(02)00006-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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