Structural changes that occur during normal aging of primate cerebral hemispheres

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 733-741

  Peters, Alan ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Humans; Monkeys; Neuroglia; Neurons; Normal aging

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AGE; AGING; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN MEMBRANE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL LOSS; COGNITION; DENDRITE; GLIA; GLIA CELL; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MICROGLIA; MYELIN SHEATH; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; THICKNESS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0036858269     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(02)00060-X     Document Type: Article

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