Association between supraependymal nerve fibres and the ependymal cilia of the mammalian brain

Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-197

  Mathew, T C ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPENDYMA; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE FIBER; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CILIA; EPENDYMA; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NERVE FIBERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0033159581     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0264.1999.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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