Age-related degeneration of corpus callosum in the 90+ years measured with stereology

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1009.e1-1009.e9

  Hou, Jack ^a   Pakkenberg, Bente ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Cross sectional area; Fiber density; Fiber number; Fiber size; Human; Neurodegeneration; Normal aging; Stereology

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MARCHIAFAVA BIGNAMI DISEASE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEREOLOGY;

EID: 84858333425     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2011.10.017     Document Type: Article

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