Peripheral neuropathy in the spontaneously diabetic WBN/Kob rat

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 603-607

  Ozaki, Kiyokazu ^a   Miura, Koji ^b   Tsuchitani, Minoru ^c   Narama, Isao ^a  

^a SETSUNAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Development and Medical Affairs Division   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Myelinopathy; Peripheral neuropathy; WBN Kob rat

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HOUSING; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHRENIC NERVE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REMYELINIZATION; TIBIAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHRENIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS;

EID: 0029843422     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050567     Document Type: Article

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