Publications

The following is a list of publications that have either come out of our lab, or have been a part of our collaboration with others, all addressing the topic of normal aging on the rhesus monkey brain.

Vincent, S.L., A. Peters and J. Tigges 1989 Effects of aging on the neurons within area 17 of rhesus monkey cerebral cortex. Anat. Rec. 223: 329-341.

Tigges, J., J.G. Herndon, and A. Peters 1990 Neuronal population of area 4 during the life-span of the rhesus monkey. Neurobiol. Aging. 11: 201-208.

Peters, A., K. Josephson and S.L. Vincent 1991 Effects of aging on the neuroglial cells and pericytes within area 17 of the rhesus monkey. Anat. Rec. 229: 384-398.

Tigges, J., J.G. Herndon and A. Peters 1992 Axon terminals on Betz cell somata of area 4 in rhesus monkey throughout adulthood.  Anat. Rec. 232: 305-315.

Peters, A. and C. Sethares 1993 Aging and the Meynert cells in rhesus monkey primary visual cortex. Anat. Rec. 236: 721-729.

Peters, A., D. Leahu, M.B. Moss and K.J. McNally 1994 The effects of aging on area 46 of the frontal cortex of the rhesus monkey. Cerebral Cortex. 6: 621-635.

Peters, A. 1996 Age-related changes in oligodendrocytes in monkey cerebral cortex. J. Comp. Neurol. 371: 153-163.

Peters, A., D.L. Rosene, M.B. Moss, T.L. Kemper, C.R. Abraham, J. Tigges and M.S. Albert 1996 Neurobiological bases of age-related cognitive decline in the rhesus monkey. J. Neuropathol. Exptl. Neurol. 55: 861-874.

Peters, A., N.J. Nigro and K.J. McNally 1997 A further evaluation of the affect of age on striate cortex of the rhesus monkey. Neurobiol. Aging. 18: 29-36.

Sloane, J.A., Pietropaola, M.F., Rosene, D.L., Moss, M.B., Peters, A., Kemper, T., and Abraham, C.R. 1997 Lack of correlation between plaque burden and cognition in the aged monkey. Acta Neuropathol. 94: 471-478.

Peters, A., Morrison, J.H., Rosene, D.L. and Hyman, B.T. 1998 Are neurons lost from the primate cerebral cortex during normal aging? Cerebral Cortex. 8: 295-300.

Peters, A. Sethares, C. and Moss, M.B. 1998 The effects of aging on layer 1 in area 46 of prefrontal cortex in the rhesus monkey. Cerebral Cortex. 8: 671-684.

Feldman, M.L. and Peters, A. 1998 Ballooning of myelin sheaths in normally aged macaques. J. Neurocytol. 27: 605-614.

Peters, A., Moss, M.B. and Sethares, C. 2000 Effects of aging on myelinated nerve fibers in monkey primary visual cortex. J. Comp. Neurol. 419: 364-376.

Nielsen, K. and Peters, A. 2000 The effects of aging on the frequency of nerve fibers in rhesus monkey striate cortex. Neurobiol. Aging. 21: 621-628.

Sandell, J.H. and Peters, A. 2001 Effects of age on nerve fibers in the rhesus monkey optic nerve. J. Comp. Neurol. 429: 541-553.

Peters, A., Moss, M.B. and Sethares, C. 2001 The effects of aging on layer 1 of primary visual cortex in the rhesus monkey. Cerebral Cortex. 11: 93-103.

Peters, A., Sethares, C. and Killiany, R.J. 2001 The effect of age on the thickness of myelin sheaths in monkey primary visual cortex J. Comp. Neurol. 435: 241-248.

Peters, A. and Sethares, C. 2002 The effects of age on the cells in layer 1 of primate cerebral cortex. Cerebr. Cortex. 12: 27-36.

Peters, A. and Sethares C. 2002 Aging and myelinated nerve fibers in prefrontal cortex and corpus callosum of the monkey J. Comp. Neurol. 442: 277-291.

Sandell, J.H. and Peters, A. 2002 Effects of age on the glial cells in the rhesus monkey optic nerve. J. Comp. Neurol. 445(1): 13-28.

Peters, A. 2002 Structural changes in the normally aging cortex of primates. In Changing Views of Cajal’s Neuron. (edited by: E.C. Amatzia, J. DeFelipe, E.G. Jones, P.Rakic, and C.E.Ribak) Progress in Brain Research. vol. 136 pp. 455-466.

Peters, A. 2002 Structural changes that occur during normal aging of primate cerebral hemispheres. Neuroscience and Behavioral Reviews. vol.136 pp. 455-466.

Peters, A. and Sethares, C. 2003 Is there remyelination during aging of the primate central nervous system? J. Comp. Neurol. 460: 238-254.

Peters A. and Rosene, D.L. 2003 In aging, is it gray or white? J. Comp. Neurol. 462 : 139 – 143.

Sandell, J.H. and Peters, A. 2003 Disrupted myelin and axon loss in the anterior commissure of the aged rhesus monkey. J. Comp. Neurol. 466: 14-30.

Peters, A. 2002 The effects of normal aging on myelin and nerve fibers: A review. J. Neurocytol. 31: 581-503.

Peters, A. and Sethares, C. 2004 Oligodendrocytes, their progenitors and other neuroglial cells in the aging primate cerebral cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 14: 995-1007.

Hinman, J.D., Peters, A., Cabral, H., Rosene, D.L., Hollander, W., Rasband, M.N. and Abraham, C.R. 2006 Age-related molecular reorganization at the node of Ranvier. J. Comp. Neurol. 495: 351-362.

Peters, A. 2007 The effects of normal aging on nerve fibers and neuroglia in the central nervous system. In:  Brain Aging; Models, Methods and Mechanisms. Ed. D.R.Riddle. CRC Press. Baton Rouge. pp. 97-126.

Fiala, J.C., Feinberg, M., Peters, A. and Barbas, H. 2007 Mitochondrial degeneration in dystrophic neurites of senile plaques may lead to extracellular deposition of fine filaments. Brain Res. Funct. 212: 195-207.

Peters, A. Sethares, C. and Luebke, J. 2008 Synapses are lost during aging in the primate prefrontal cortex. Neuroscience 152: 970-981.

Peters, A., Verderosa, A., and Sethares, C. 2008 The neuroglial population in the primary visual cortex of the aging rhesus monkey. Glia. 56: 1151-1161.

Peters, A. 2009 Degeneration and regeneration of myelin in the central nervous system of the aging monkey. In: Development to Degeneration and Regeneration of the Nervous System. (eds. C.E.Ribak, C Aramburo de la Hoz, E.G.Jones, J.A.Lariva Sahd, and L.W. Swanson.) Oxford University Press. pp. 145-169.

Peters, A. 2009 The effects of normal aging on myelinated nerve fibers in monkey central nervous system. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 3: 1-10.

Luebke, J., Barbas, H. and Peters, A. 2010 Effects of normal aging on prefrontal area 46 in the rhesus monkey. Brain Res. Rev. 62: 212-232.

Soghomonian J.J., Sethares C., and Peters, A. 2010 Effects of age on axon terminals forming axosomatic and axodendritic inhibitory synapses in prefrontal cortex. Neuroscience. 168: 74-81.

Bowley, M.P., Cabral, H., Rosene, D.L. and Peters, A. 2010 Age changes in myelinated nerve fibers of the cingulate bundle and corpus callosum in the rhesus monkey. J. Comp. Neurol. 518: 3046-3064.

Peters, A., Sethares, C., and Moss, M.B. 2010 How the primate fornix is affected by age. J. Comp. Neurol. 518: 3962-3980.

Peters, A. and Sethares, C. 2012 Age-related changes in the morphology of cerebral capillaries do not correlate with cognitive decline. J. Comp. Neurol. 520: 1339-1347.

Peters, A and Kemper, T. 2012  A review of the structural alterations in the cerebral hemispheres of the aging rhesus monkey. Neurobiol. Aging. Accepted for Publication.