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Neuronal Populations in the Human Brain

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THE deterioration of mental function in old age may be due to loss of neurones or decay of their function. Several studies support the former view1,2 but sample sizes and the number of cases reviewed were small. Accordingly we studied the ventral cochlear nucleus (VCN) because it is well defined and small enough to make accurate counts feasible.

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  1. Departments of Pathology, Surgery and Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 21205

    BRUCE W. KONIGSMARK & EDMOND A. MURPHY

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KONIGSMARK, B., MURPHY, E. Neuronal Populations in the Human Brain. Nature 228, 1335–1336 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2281335a0

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