Neuron numbers in the hypothalamus of the normal aging rhesus monkey: Stability across the adult lifespan and between the sexes

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1181-1197

  Roberts, D E ^a   Killiany, R J ^a   Rosene, D L ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glia number; Hypothalamus volume; Paraventricular nucleus (PVN); Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LIFESPAN; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOLOGY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LONGEVITY; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84856707077     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22761     Document Type: Article

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