A comparative study on the effect of high cholesterol diet on the hippocampal CA1 area of adult and aged rats

Anatomy and Cell Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 117-126

  El Khair, Doaa M Abo ^a   El Safti, Fatma El Nabawia A ^a   Nooh, Hanaa Z ^a   El Mehi, Abeer E ^a  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aging; Cholesterol; Cornu Ammonis; Hippocampus; Pyramidal cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940046609     PISSN: 20933665     EISSN: 20933673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5115/acb.2014.47.2.117     Document Type: Article

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