Morphometric Analyses of Axons in the Lateral Corticospinal Tract with Ageing Process

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 133-138

  Zhou, Ming ^a   Goto, Noboru ^a   Otsuka, Naruhito ^a   Moriyama, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura, Yoko ^b  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ageing; Axon; Lateral corticospinal tract; Morphometry; Pyramidal tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AXONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 0031242174     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj1936.74.4_133     Document Type: Article

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