A quantitative morphometric analysis of the neuronal and synaptic content of the frontal and temporal cortex in patients with Alzheimer's disease

Journal of the Neurological Sciences - Tập 78 Số 2 - Trang 151-164 - 1987
Christopher Davies1, David M. A. Mann1, P. Q. Sumpter1, P. O. Yates1
1Department of Pathology, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT U.K.

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