Morphometric analysis of the human vestibular nuclei

Anatomical Record

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 271-288

  Suarez, C ^a,b   Diaz, C ^a   Tolivia, J ^a   Alvarez, J C ^a   Gonzalez Del Rey, C ^a   Navarro, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

brainstem; human anatomy; morphometry; neuron; vestibular nerve; vestibular nuclei

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM; CELL SIZE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031025639     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199702)247:2<271::AID-AR14>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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