Quantitative estimations of the entorhinal cortex in Alzheimer's disease

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-16

  Artacho Pérula, Emilio ^a   Insausti, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Entorhinal cortex; Morphometry; Stereology; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEMORY; MICROSCOPE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEREOMICROSCOPY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL COUNT; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS;

EID: 33847377192     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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