Morphological alterations in the amygdala and hippocampus of mice during ageing

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2434-2440

  Von Bohlen und Halbach, Oliver ^a   Unsicker, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ageing; Degeneration; Nauta; Optical disector

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; INNERVATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGING; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL COUNT; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 0036924839     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02405.x     Document Type: Article

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