Micro-MRI Study of Cerebral Aging: Ex Vivo Detection of Hippocampal Subfield Reorganization, Microhemorrhages and Amyloid Plaques in Mouse Lemur Primates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Bertrand, Anne ^a,b,c   Pasquier, Adrien ^a,b   Petiet, Alexandra ^a,b,c   Wiggins, Christopher ^c   Kraska, Audrey ^a,b   Joseph Mathurin, Nelly ^a,b   Aujard, Fabienne ^d   Mestre Francés, Nadine ^e   Dhenain, Marc ^a,b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Molecular Imaging Research Center   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

^d UMR CNRS/MNHN 7179   (France)

^e University of Montpellier   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AMYLOID PLAQUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; DENTATE GYRUS; EX VIVO STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEMURIDAE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHEIROGALEIDAE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLAQUE, AMYLOID;

EID: 84874529261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056593     Document Type: Article

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