Density and cross-sectional areas of axons in the olfactory tract in control subjects and Alzheimer's disease: An image analysis study

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-27

  Armstrong, Richard A ^a   Syed, Anila B ^b   Smith, Christopher U M ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Axon cross sectional area; Axon density; Corpora amylacea; Olfactory tract; Parahippocampal gyrus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; OLFACTORY TRACT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBICULUM; IMAGE PROCESSING; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 44449136135     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-008-0854-0     Document Type: Article

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