Dystrophic Microglia in the Aging Human Brain

GLIA

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 208-212

  Streit, Wolfgang J ^a   Sammons, Nicole W ^a   Kuhns, Amanda J ^a   Sparks, D Larry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Glia; Microglia activation; Senescence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CYTOPLASM; DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROGLIA; MICROGLIA DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENESCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATROPHY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL AGING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROGLIA; OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

EID: 1042291300     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.10319     Document Type: Article

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