Myelination of the ventral and dorsal roots of the C8 and L4 segments of the spinal cord at different stages of development in the gray opossum, Monodelphis domestica

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 386, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-216

  Leblond, Hugues ^a   Cabana, Thérèse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Motor axons; Myelinated fibers; Sensory fibers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MYELINATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; MOVEMENT; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS; OPOSSUMS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0030769139     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970922)386:2<203::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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