A stereological study of the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus in Down syndrome

Neuroscience

Volumn 279, Issue , 2014, Pages 253-259

  Karlsen, A S ^a   Korbo, S ^a   Uylings, H B M ^b   Pakkenberg, B ^a  

^a C/L Psychiatry Clinic Bispebjerg   (Denmark)

^b Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Development; Optical fractionator; Thalamus; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SIZE; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROANATOMY; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PREMATURE AGING; STEREOMETRY; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; GLIA; NERVE CELL; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 84907543078     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.08.046     Document Type: Article

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