Regional variability in age-related loss of neurons from the primary visual cortex and medial prefrontal cortex of male and female rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1218, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-12

  Yates, M A ^a   Markham, J A ^a   Anderson, S E ^a   Morris, J R ^a   Juraska, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Anterior cingulate; Neuron number; Sex differences; Stereology; Volume

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL AGING; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL CORTEX;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VISUAL CORTEX;

RATTUS;

EID: 46349094529     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.04.055     Document Type: Article

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