Modified Sihler's technique for studying the distribution of intramuscular nerve branches in mammalian skeletal muscle

Anatomical Record

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 137-144

  Liu, Jie ^a   Kumar, V Prem ^a   Shen, Yan ^b   Lau, Hui King ^a   Pereira, Barry P ^a   Pho, Robert W H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Intramuscular nerve branches; Neuromuscular compartment; Rabbit skeletal muscle; Sihler's staining technique

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RADIAL NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RABBITS; RADIAL NERVE; STAINING AND LABELING;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030783015     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199701)247:1<137::AID-AR16>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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