Age-related neuronal loss in the rat brain starts at the end of adolescence

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue OCTOBER 2012, 2012, Pages

  Morterá, Priscilla ^a   Herculano Houzel, Suzana ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Nacional de Neurociência Translacional   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Atrophy; Brain size; Neuronal loss; Number of neurons

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; RAT;

EID: 84867597410     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2012.00045     Document Type: Article

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