Neuronal loss in the brainstem and cerebellum - Part of the normal aging process? A morphometric study of the vermis cerebelli and inferior olivary nucleus

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1999, Pages

  Sjöbeck, Martin ^a   Dahlén, Staffan ^a   Englund, Elisabet ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR OLIVE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL;

EID: 4243408671     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.9.B363     Document Type: Article

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