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The Fine Structure of the Nervous System: Neurons and Their Supporting Cells (1991) (1458)
The fine structure of the nervous system: The neurons and supporting cells (1976) (1053)
The small pyramidal neuron of the rat cerebral cortex. The perikaryon, dendrites and spines. (1970) (701)
The effects of normal aging on myelin and nerve fibers: A review (2002) (464)
THE AXON HILLOCK AND THE INITIAL SEGMENT (1968) (463)
A new procedure for examining Golgi impregnated neurons by light and electron microscopy (1977) (446)
An autoradiographic study of the projections from the lateral geniculate body of the rat (1975) (408)
The synaptic glomerulus and the intrinsic neuron in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat (1972) (380)
The fine structure of the nervous system (1976) (336)
Form and distribution of neurons in rat cingulate cortex: Areas 32, 24, and 29 (1981) (319)
Cellular components of the cerebral cortex (1984) (301)
The projection of the lateral geniculate nucleus to area 17 of the rat cerebral cortex. I. General description (1976) (301)
Neuroglial cells in the cerebral cortex of rats from young adulthood to old age: An electron microscope study (1974) (293)
Neurobiological Bases of Age-Related Cognitive Decline in the Rhesus Monkey (1996) (288)
MICROTUBULES AND FILAMENTS IN THE AXONS AND ASTROCYTES OF EARLY POSTNATAL RAT OPTIC NERVES (1967) (288)
The forms of non‐pyramidal neurons in the visual cortex of the rat (1978) (286)
Numerical relationships between geniculocortical afferents and pyramidal cell modules in cat primary visual cortex. (1993) (285)
GABA Neurons in the Cerebral Cortex (1984) (274)
THE SMALL PYRAMIDAL NEURON OF THE RAT CEREBRAL CORTEX The Axon Hillock and Initial Segment (1968) (261)
Feature article: are neurons lost from the primate cerebral cortex during normal aging? (1998) (247)
Aging and the myelinated fibers in prefrontal cortex and corpus callosum of the monkey (2002) (240)
A study of the organization of apical dendrites in the somatic sensory cortex of the rat (1972) (229)
Smooth and sparsely‐spined stellate cells in the visual cortex of the rat: A study using a combined golgi‐electron microscope technique (1978) (228)
Survival rate and life span of rhesus monkeys at the Yerkes regional primate research center (1988) (224)
Chandelier cells in rat visual cortex (1982) (221)
The relationship between axons and Schwann cells during development of peripheral nerves in the rat. (1959) (220)
Synapses are lost during aging in the primate prefrontal cortex (2008) (219)
Tau accumulation causes mitochondrial distribution deficits in neurons in a mouse model of tauopathy and in human Alzheimer's disease brain. (2011) (219)
Maturation of rat visual cortex. II. A combined Golgi‐electron microscope study of pyramidal neurons (1981) (216)
A third neuroglial cell types. An electron microscopic study (1968) (214)
THE SMALL PYRAMIDAL NEURON OF THE RAT CEREBRAL CORTEX (1968) (211)
The effects of aging on area 46 of the frontal cortex of the rhesus monkey. (1994) (205)
The neuronal composition of area 17 of rat visual cortex. I. The pyramidal cells (1985) (202)
GABA immunoreactive neurons in rat visual cortex (1987) (200)
The morphology of synapses (1996) (198)
Sensory-Motor Areas and Aspects of Cortical Connectivity (1986) (196)
A technique for estimating total spine numbers on golgi‐impregnated dendrites (1979) (195)
The Fixation of Central Nervous Tissue and the Analysis of Electron Micrographs of the Neuropil, with Special Reference to the Cerebral Cortex (1970) (193)
Organization of pyramidal neurons in area 17 of monkey visual cortex (1991) (186)
Effects of aging on myelinated nerve fibers in monkey primary visual cortex (2000) (185)
Effects of aging on the neuroglial cells and pericytes within area 17 of the rhesus monkey cerebral cortex (1991) (184)
Neurons and Their Patterns. (Book Reviews: The Fine Structure of the Nervous System. The Cells and Their Processes) (1970) (180)
Nerve Fibres in Optic Nerve of Rat (1967) (174)
THE FORMATION AND STRUCTURE OF MYELIN SHEATHS IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (1960) (172)
Effects of aging on visual recognition memory in the rhesus monkey (1988) (171)
The morphology of laminae A and A1 of the dorsal nucleus of the lateral geniculate body of the cat. (1966) (171)
Electron microscopy of the early postnatal development of fibrous astrocytes. (1967) (168)
The Effects of Normal Aging on Myelinated Nerve Fibers in Monkey Central Nervous System (2009) (166)
Down Syndrome Developmental Brain Transcriptome Reveals Defective Oligodendrocyte Differentiation and Myelination (2016) (164)
The effects of aging on layer 1 in area 46 of prefrontal cortex in the rhesus monkey. (1998) (162)
The node of Ranvier in the central nervous system. (1966) (162)
A reassessment of the forms of nonpyramidal neurons in area 17 of cat visual cortex (1981) (157)
Neuronal organization in area 17 of cat visual cortex. (1993) (156)
Myelinated axons and the pyramidal cell modules in monkey primary visual cortex (1996) (150)
A numerical analysis of the geniculocortical input to striate cortex in the monkey. (1994) (140)
The projection of the lateral geniculate nucleus to area 17 of the rat cerebral cortex. V. Degenerating axon terminals synapsing with Golgi impregnated neurons (1979) (135)
Cholecystokinin-like immunoreactive neurons in rat cerebral cortex (1983) (127)
Synaptic relationships between a multipolar stellate cell and a pyramidal neuron in the rat visual cortex. A combined Golgi-electron microscope study (1980) (123)
Oligodendrocytes, their progenitors and other neuroglial cells in the aging primate cerebral cortex. (2004) (121)
The neuronal composition of area 17 of rat visual cortex. IV. The organization of pyramidal cells (1987) (120)
Age changes in myelinated nerve fibers of the cingulate bundle and corpus callosum in the rhesus monkey (2010) (120)
Effects of age on the thickness of myelin sheaths in monkey primary visual cortex (2001) (119)
Bipolar neurons in rat visual cortex: A combined Golgi-electron microscope study (1981) (117)
Plasma membrane contacts in the central nervous system. (1962) (117)
Synaptic termination of thalamic and callosal afferents in cingulate cortex of the rat (1981) (115)
OBSERVATIONS ON THE CONNEXIONS BETWEEN MYELIN SHEATHS AND GLIAL CELLS IN THE OPTIC NERVES OF YOUNG RATS. (1964) (115)
QUINTUPLE-LAYERED MEMBRANE JUNCTIONS AT TERMINAL BARS BETWEEN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS (1962) (114)
Structural changes in the normally aging cerebral cortex of primates. (2002) (114)
Comparative structure and evolution of cerebral cortex (1990) (111)
A fourth type of neuroglial cell in the adult central nervous system (2004) (111)
The Structure of Myelin Sheaths in the Central Nervous System of Xenopus laevis (Daudin) (1960) (111)
Effects of age on nerve fibers in the rhesus monkey optic nerve (2001) (110)
Disrupted myelin and axon loss in the anterior commissure of the aged rhesus monkey (2003) (108)
An electron microscope study of a silver stain for degenerating boutons. (1968) (106)
Association and Auditory Cortices (1985) (106)
Number of Neurons and Synapses in Primary Visual Cortex (1987) (105)
The small pyramidal neuron of the rat cerebral cortex. The synapses upon dendritic spines. (1969) (105)
A review of the structural alterations in the cerebral hemispheres of the aging rhesus monkey (2012) (104)
FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE STRUCTURE OF MYELIN SHEATHS IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (1964) (103)
Some aspects of the morphology of Betz cells in the cerebral cortex of the cat. (1972) (102)
Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-immunoreactive neurons in rat visual cortex (1984) (101)
Effects of aging on the neurons within area 17 of rhesus monkey cerebral cortex (1989) (98)
Is there remyelination during aging of the primate central nervous system? (2003) (98)
Enigmatic bipolar cell of rat visual cortex (1988) (97)
Structural changes that occur during normal aging of primate cerebral hemispheres (2002) (97)
The neuronal composition of area 17 of rat visual cortex. III. Numerical considerations (1985) (96)
Membrane-coating granules and membrane modifications in keratinizing epithelia. (1971) (95)
Age‐related changes in oligodendrocytes in monkey cerebral cortex (1996) (94)
Development and maturation of cerebral cortex (1988) (91)
Extrastriate Cortex in Primates (1997) (91)
Primary Visual Cortex in Primates (1994) (91)
Projection of Lateral Geniculate Nucleus to Area 17 of the Rat Cerebral Cortex (1976) (90)
Ballooning of myelin sheaths in normally aged macaques (1998) (85)
Effects of normal aging on prefrontal area 46 in the rhesus monkey (2010) (83)
The Structure of Neuritic Plaques in the Cerebral Cortex of Aged Rats (1981) (83)
The morphology and synaptic connections of spiny stellate neurons in monkey visual cortex (area 17): A golgi‐electron microscopic study (1985) (82)
Stellate cells of the rat parietal cortex (1971) (82)
Effects of age on the glial cells in the rhesus monkey optic nerve (2002) (81)
The organization of double bouquet cells in monkey striate cortex (1997) (81)
A study of barrels and pyramidal dendritic clusters in the cerebral cortex. (1974) (80)
Age‐related molecular reorganization at the node of Ranvier (2006) (80)
Neurodegenerative and age-related changes in structure and function of cerebral cortex (1999) (79)
The bilaminar and banded distribution of the callosal terminals in the posterior neocortex of the rat (1979) (79)
The effects of aging on layer 1 of primary visual cortex in the rhesus monkey. (2001) (78)
The projection of the lateral geniculate nucleus to area 17 of the rat cerebral cortex, IV terminations upon spiny dendrites (1977) (73)
Transcallosal non‐pyramidal cell projections from visual cortex in the cat (1990) (73)
Cortical modules in the posteromedial barrel subfield (Sml) of the mouse (1993) (72)
The cat primary visual cortex (2002) (69)
The Concept of Cat Primary Visual Cortex (2002) (69)
A RADIAL COMPONENT OF CENTRAL MYELIN SHEATHS (1961) (69)
The neuroglial population in the primary visual cortex of the aging rhesus monkey (2008) (67)
Thalamic input to the cerebral cortex (1979) (67)
Intranuclear rods and sheets in rat cochlear nucleus (1972) (66)
The projection of the lateral geniculate nucleus to area 17 of the rat cerebral cortex. II. Terminations upon neuronal perikarya and dendritic shafts (1976) (65)
Neuronal population of area 4 during the life span of the rhesus monkey (1990) (65)
The termination of callosal fibres in the auditory cortex of the rat. A combined Golgi-electron microscope and degeneration study (1983) (64)
The surface fine structure of the choroid plexus and ependymal lining of the rat lateral ventricle (1974) (64)
Comparative Structure and Evolution of Cerebral Cortex, Part I (1990) (64)
Normal and Altered States of Function (1991) (63)
The neuronal composition of area 17 of rat visual cortex. II. The nonpyramidal cells (1985) (63)
Further aspects of cortical function, including hippocampus (1987) (61)
The effect of aging on the neuronal population within area 17 of adult rat cerebral cortex (1983) (61)
Homeostatic responses by surviving cortical pyramidal cells in neurodegenerative tauopathy (2011) (59)
The development, structure and composition of the optic nerve of Xenopus laevis (Daudin). (1961) (59)
Maturational sequence of newly generated neurons in the dentate gyrus of the young adult rhesus monkey (2006) (58)
The effects of aging on the frequency of nerve fibers in rhesus monkey striate cortex (2000) (57)
The effects of age on the cells in layer 1 of primate cerebral cortex. (2002) (56)
How the primate fornix is affected by age (2010) (55)
In aging, is it gray or white? (2003) (55)
The morphology and development of neuroglial cells. (1971) (55)
Different kinds of axon terminals forming symmetric synapses with the cell bodies and initial axon segments of layer II/III pyramidal cells. I. Morphometric analysis (1990) (54)
The axon terminals of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)-containing bipolar cells in rat visual cortex (1990) (54)
Experiments on the Mechanism of Silver Staining (1955) (54)
Age-related changes to layer 3 pyramidal cells in the rhesus monkey visual cortex. (2015) (54)
Smooth or sparsely spined cells with myelinated axons in rat visual cortex (1980) (54)
A further evaluation of the effect of age on striate cortex of the rhesus monkey (1997) (53)
Examining neocortical circuits: Some background and facts (2002) (53)
Mitochondrial degeneration in dystrophic neurites of senile plaques may lead to extracellular deposition of fine filaments (2007) (51)
Ultrastructure of a large ventro-lateral dendritic bundle in the rat ventral horn (1974) (51)
The Organization of the Primary Visual Cortex in the Macaque (1994) (51)
Aging and the Meynert cells in rhesus monkey primary visual cortex (1993) (50)
The effect of aging on pars compacta of the substantia nigra in rhesus monkey. (1999) (50)
Light and Electron Microscopic Immunohistochemical Detection of Bromodeoxyuridine-labeled Cells in the Brain: Different Fixation and Processing Protocols (2005) (47)
The organization of pyramidal cells in area 18 of the rhesus monkey. (1997) (46)
The choroid plexus of the mature and aging rat: The choroidal epithelium (1979) (44)
The structure and innervation of the myotomes of the lamprey. (1961) (43)
A three dimensional study of layer I of the rat parietal cortex (1973) (43)
The Effects of Normal Aging on Nerve Fibers and Neuroglia in the Central Nervous System (2007) (42)
Functional properties of cortical cells (1984) (41)
The projection of the lateral geniculate nucleus to area 17 of the rat cerebral cortex. III. Layer VI (1976) (40)
Cytochrome oxidase patches and Meynert cells in monkey visual cortex (1989) (39)
Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide immunoreactive neurons in the primary visual cortex of the cat (1987) (39)
Symmetric synapses formed by callosal afferents in rat visual cortex (1992) (36)
The cortical plate and molecular layer of the late rat fetus (2004) (35)
Synapses between identified neuronal elements. An electron microscopic demonstration of degenerating axon terminals synapsing with Golgi impregnated neurons (1977) (34)
Layer IVA of rhesus monkey primary visual cortex. (1991) (32)
Somatostatin immunoreactive neurons in rat visual cortex: A light and electron microscopic study (1986) (31)
Axon terminals on betz cell somata of area 4 in rhesus monkey throughout adulthood (1992) (30)
The effect of increased longevity, produced by dietary restriction, on the neuronal population of area 17 in rat cerebral cortex (1987) (30)
Different kinds of axon terminals forming symmetric synapses with the cell bodies and initial axon segments of layer II/III pyramidal cells. II. Synaptic junctions (1990) (29)
Effects of age on axon terminals forming axosomatic and axodendritic inhibitory synapses in prefrontal cortex (2010) (28)
Extent of stain penetration in sections prepared for electron microscopy. (1971) (27)
Golgi, Cajal, and the fine structure of the nervous system (2007) (25)
Different kinds of axon terminals forming symmetric synapses with the cell bodies and initial axon segments of layer II/III pyramidal cells. III. Origins and frequency of occurrence of the terminals (1992) (24)
Structural abnormalities in the cortex of the rTg4510 mouse model of tauopathy: a light and electron microscopy study (2011) (24)
Morphological correlates of epilepsy: cells in the cerebral cortex. (1980) (23)
Staining of nervous tissue by protein-silver mixtures. (1958) (22)
A General-Purpose Method of Silver Staining (1955) (21)
The structure of the peripheral nerves of the lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis). (1960) (20)
Aging in Monkey Cerebral Cortex (1991) (20)
Observations on the terminal innervation of segmental muscle fibres in amphibia. (1960) (20)
An ultrastructural characterization of the newly generated cells in the adult monkey dentate gyrus (2008) (19)
The structure of the dorsal root nerves of amphioxus an electron microscope study (1963) (19)
The absence of significant neuronal loss from cerebral cortex with age (1993) (17)
Experiments on Vital Staining with Methylene Blue (1953) (17)
Normal Aging in the Cerebral Cortex of Primates (1999) (16)
A New Method for Intense Staining of Myelin (1998) (15)
The Morphology of Minicolumns (2010) (15)
A website entitled “The fine structure of the aging brain” (2013) (15)
Proliferation of thalamic afferents in cerebral cortex altered by callosal deafferentation (1985) (14)
Experiments on the Mechanism of Silver Staining: II. Development (1955) (13)
Experiments on the Mechanism of Silver Staining: III. Quantitative Studies (1955) (13)
Experimental studies on the staining of nervous tissue with silver proteinates. (1959) (13)
The fine structure of the nervous system, Third edition, in: Neurons and their supporting cells. Oxford University Press (1991), 494 pages. £80.00., 0-19-506571-9 (1992) (12)
Models of Cortical Circuits (1999) (11)
Age‐related changes in the morphology of cerebral capillaries do not correlate with cognitive decline (2012) (11)
Silver Impregnation of Nerve Fibres (1953) (10)
Pyramidal Cell Modules in Rat Visual Cortex: Their Structure and Development (1993) (10)
Experiments on the Mechanism of Silver Staining: Part I. Impregnation (1955) (10)
Morphological evidence for callosally projecting nonpyramidal neurons in rat visual cortex (2004) (10)
The visualization of myosatellite cells in normal and denervated muscle: A new light microscopic staining technique (1980) (9)
Experiments on the Mechanism of Silver Staining: IV. Electron Microscope Studies (1955) (9)
Rapid assessment of internodal myelin integrity in central nervous system tissue (2009) (9)
Cerebral Cortex: Extrastriate Cortex in Primates (Vol. 12) (1998) (6)
The Fine Structure of Synapses (6)
Types of callosally projecting nonpyramidal neurons in rat visual cortex identified by lysosomal HRP retrograde labeling (1992) (4)
AN ELECTRON MICROSCOPE STUDY OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVES OF THE HAGFISH (MYXINE GLUTINOSA, L.). (1964) (3)
Identified neurons in visual cortex (1984) (3)
[Metabolic syndrome. Origin within the central nervous system?]. (2007) (2)
Degeneration and Regeneration of Myelin in the Central Nervous System of the Aging Monkey (2008) (2)
An introduction to neuronal fine structure. (1968) (2)
Bipolar neurons in rat visual cortex : Golgi-electron microscope study a combined (2004) (1)
Rat Hippocampal Neurons Comparative Electrotonic Analysis of Three Classes of (2015) (0)
The Morphology of the Developing Myelin Sheath (1974) (0)
FIGURE 5.2, [A ballooned nerve fiber in...]. (2007) (0)
Book Reviews (1985) (0)
Explorer Tau accumulation causes mitochondrial distribution deficits in neurons in a mouse model of tauopathy and in human Alzheimer ' s disease brain (2017) (0)
TINS-July 1979 Thalamic input to the cerebral cortex (2007) (0)
the Brain : Different Fixation and Processing Protocols Light and Electron Microscopic Immunohistochemical Detection of Bromodeoxyuridine-labeled Cells in (2010) (0)

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