Postnatal development of the optic nerve in (C57BL x CBA)F1 hybrid mice: General changes in morphometric parameters

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 117-125

  Dangata, Y Y ^a   Findlater, G S ^a   Kaufman, M H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth; Myelination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; MYELINATED NERVE; MYELINATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; OPTIC NERVE;

EID: 0029741220     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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