Stereological investigation of age-related changes of the capillaries in white matter

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1400-1407

  Shao, Wei Hua ^a   Li, Chen ^a   Chen, Lin ^a   Qiu, Xuan ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Huang, Chun Xia ^a   Xia, Lei ^a   Kong, Ji Ming ^a   Tang, Yong ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Capillaries; Rat; Stereology; White matter

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRAIN SIZE; CAPILLARY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOLOGY; WHITE MATTER; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ATROPHY; BRAIN; LONG EVANS RAT; MYELINATED NERVE; PATHOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CAPILLARIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

RATTUS;

EID: 77955623766     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21184     Document Type: Article

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