Aging and the human neocortex

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 95-99

  Pakkenberg, Bente ^a   Pelvig, Dorte ^a   Marner, Lisbeth ^a   Bundgaard, Mads J ^a   Gundersen, Hans Jørgen G ^b   Nyengaard, Jens R ^b   Regeur, Lisbeth ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fibre length; Glial cells; Neocortical volume; Stereology; Synapses; Total numbers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MYELINATED NERVE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SYNAPSE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0037242125     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(02)00151-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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