The human hippocampus observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM): The dentate gyrus is made of an array of the neuronal lamellae

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 157-164

  Kominami, Rieko ^a   Shinohara, Harumichi ^a   Yasutaka, Satoru ^a   Kishibe, Miyuki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D structure; Gross anatomical tractography (GAT); Hippocampus; Human; Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84878342401     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: 18811736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj.89.157     Document Type: Article

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