Development of the Xenopus laevis VIIIth cranial nerve: Increase in number and area of axons of the saccular and papillar branches

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 234, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 263-276

  López Anaya, Vincent L ^a   López Maldonado, Daniel ^a   Serrano, Elba E ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAIR CELL; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; NERVE FIBER; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; HAIR CELLS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031543529     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199712)234:3<263::AID-JMOR5>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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