Neocortical and hippocampal neuron and glial cell numbers in the rhesus monkey

Anatomical Record

Volumn 290, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 330-340

  Christensen, Jeppe Romme ^a   Larsen, Karen Bonde ^a   Lisanby, Sarah H ^b,c   Scalia, Jason ^b,c   Arango, Victoria ^b,c   Dwork, Andrew J ^b,c   Pakkenberg, Bente ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell numbers and volume; Primate brain; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STEREOLOGY; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MACACA MULATTA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOCORTEX; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; REFERENCE VALUES;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 34248363557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20504     Document Type: Article

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