Choroid plexus and ageing in rats: A morphometric and ultrastructural study

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 794-798

  Serot, Jean Marie ^a,b   Foliguet, Bernard ^a   Béné, Marie Christine ^a   Faure, Gilbert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b Laboratoire d'Immunologie   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; Choroid plexus; Morphometry; Rat

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STROMA;

EID: 84924184981     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816X.2001.01693.x     Document Type: Article

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