The effect of age and gender on the volume and size distribution of neocortical neurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-130

  Stark, A K ^a   Toft, M H ^a   Pakkenberg, H ^a   Fabricius, K ^a   Eriksen, N ^a   Pelvig, D P ^a   Moller M ^b   Pakkenberg, B ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

aging; cell size; human brain; neurostereology; sex differences

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOLOGY; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 36649036150     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.06.062     Document Type: Article

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