Minicolumn thinning in temporal lobe association cortex but not primary auditory cortex in normal human ageing

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 459-464

  Chance, Steven A ^a   Casanova, Manuel F ^b   Switala, Andy E ^b   Crow, Timothy J ^c   Esiri, Margaret M ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Heschl's gyrus; Middle temporal gyrus; Planum Temporale; Plaques

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SENILE PLAQUES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33646228620     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-005-0014-z     Document Type: Article

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