In aging, is it gray or white?

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 462, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-143

  Peters, Alan ^a   Rosene, Douglas L ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

AGING; BRAIN CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURONS;

EID: 0038002941     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10715     Document Type: Note

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