Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 27, Issue 10 , Pages 1405-1415 , October 2006

Hippocampal volume is preserved and fails to predict recognition memory impairment in aged rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

  • Jul Lea T. Shamy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience and Kastor Neurobiology of Aging Laboratories, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave, L. Levy Place, Box 1065, NY 10029-6574, USA
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  • Michael H. Buonocore

      Affiliations

    • Radiology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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  • Leah M. Makaron

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience and Kastor Neurobiology of Aging Laboratories, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave, L. Levy Place, Box 1065, NY 10029-6574, USA
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  • David G. Amaral

      Affiliations

    • The M.I.N.D. Institute at UC Davis, CA, USA
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  • Carol A. Barnes

      Affiliations

    • NSMA, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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  • Peter R. Rapp

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience and Kastor Neurobiology of Aging Laboratories, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave, L. Levy Place, Box 1065, NY 10029-6574, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 212 659 5910; fax: +1 212 849 2510.

Received 26 April 2005 ,Revised 7 July 2005 ,Accepted 22 July 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2005.07.019

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 27, Issue 10 , Pages 1405-1415 , October 2006

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