While much on brain aging can be learned from studying mice and monkeys, great apes studies may play a critical role in understanding the causes of Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative disorders. The Great Ape Aging Project operates a CNS tissue repository intended to amplify knowledge of normal brain aging and age-related neuropathology in the great apes through acquisition of specimens on loan from research facilities, zoological gardens, and retirement sanctuaries. Nimchinsky, E., E. Gilissen, J. Allman, D. Perl, J. Erwin, and P. Hof. 1999. A neuronal morphologic type unique to humans and great apes. April 27, 1999.
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