Marked loss of myelinated nerve fibers in the human brain with age

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 462, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 144-152

  Marner, Lisbeth ^a   Nyengaard, Jens R ^b   Tang, Yong ^b   Pakkenberg, Bente ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aging; Axon; Diameter; Stereology; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0038467307     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10714     Document Type: Article

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