Morphometric Nerve Fiber Analysis and Aging Process of the Human Abducent Nerve

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 337-344

  Sawabe, Yoshiharu ^a   Matsumoto, Kiyoshi ^a   Goto, Noboru ^a   Otsuka, Naruhito ^a   Kobayashi, Nobusuke ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abducent nerve; Aging; Axon; Morphometry; Nerve fiber analysis

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ABDUCENS NERVE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CADAVER; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0032020720     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj1936.74.6_337     Document Type: Article

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