Age-related changes in the morphology of cerebral capillaries do not correlate with cognitive decline

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1339-1347

  Peters, Alan ^a   Sethares, Claire ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Capillaries; Cerebral cortex; Cognitive decline; Rhesus monkey

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN TISSUE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GLIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MACACA MULATTA; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CAPILLARIES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 84856703494     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22809     Document Type: Article

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