Quantitative analysis of anatomical changes in the cuneate nucleus following forelimb denervation: A stereological morphometric study in adult cats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 370, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 491-500

  Avendaño, Carlos ^a   Dykes, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

deafferentation; dorsal column nuclei; neuron counting; neuron size; plasticity; stereology

Indexed keywords

PYROXYLIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL DENSITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; INTERNEURON; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY;

EID: 0029900113     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960708)370:4<491::AID-CNE6>3.3.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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