Neuronal changes in normal human aging and Alzheimer's disease

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 268-276

  Uylings, Harry B M ^a,b   De Brabander, J M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Brain weight; Dendrites; Hippocampus; Prefrontal cortex; Synaptic density; Total number of neurons

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0036343699     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brcg.2001.1500     Document Type: Article

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