Nerve fiber analysis and the aging process of the vestibulocochlear nerve

Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 1990, Pages 863-870

  Fujii, Mayumi ^a   Goto, Noboru ^a   Kikuchi, Kyozo ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

aging; eighth cranial nerve; Luxol fast blue periodic acid Schiff hematoxylin; nerve fiber analysis; vestibulocochlear nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMYLOID; CELL NUCLEUS; COCHLEAR NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 0025242228     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: 19433572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949009901103     Document Type: Article

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