Dendritic and spinal alterations of the spiny stellate cells of the human visual cortex during normal aging

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 261-269

  Mavroudis, Ioannis ^a   Petrides, Foivos ^a   Manani, Marina ^a   Theocharides, Constantine ^a   Ciobica, Alin ^b   Padurariu, Manuella ^c   Kiourexidou, Matina ^a   Njau, Samuel ^a   Costa, Vasiliki ^a   Baloyannis, Stavros ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^c GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Aging; Golgi method; Spiny stellate cells; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NISSL STAINING; SPINY CELL; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84867005231     PISSN: 16414640     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/fn.2012.30526     Document Type: Article

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