Preservation of hippocampal neuron numbers in aged rhesus monkeys

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 157-165

  Keuker, Jeanine I H ^a,b   Luiten, Paul G M ^b   Fuchs, Eberhard ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Hippocampal formation; Neuron number; Optical fractionator; Rhesus monkey; Stereology

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS;

EID: 0037213369     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(02)00062-3     Document Type: Article

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