Dendritic structure of single hippocampal neurons according to sex and hemisphere of origin in middle-aged and elderly human subjects.

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The organization of basilar dendritic patterns in the CA1 hippocampal region obtained from 13 middle-aged and elderly human subjects was assessed using the Golgi method. Neurons were classified according to hemisphere of origin and the sex of the respective subjects. Three parameters were measured: total dendritic length (TDL), number of dendritic segments (NDS) and average segment length (ASL, which is TDL divided by NDS). Dendritic segments were classified into proximal (first to third orde...

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Authors: Barrera A; Jiménez, L; González, G; Montiel, J; Aboitiz, F

• Journal: Brain research
• Volume: 906
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 31-37
• Publication date: 2001-07-01
• DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(01)02549-5
• EISSN: 1872-6240
• ISSN: 0006-8993
• Language: English
• Keywords: Cell Size; Humans; Statistics, Nonparametric; Middle Aged; Memory Disorders; Aging; Female; Dendrites; Reproducibility of Results; Pyramidal Cells; Male; Functional Laterality; Memory; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Silver Staining; Aged; Sex Characteristics; Hippocampus