Ultrastructural studies of dorsal root axons regenerating through adult frog optic and sciatic nerves

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 46, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 310-318

  Blanco, Rosa E ^a,b   Rosado, Julio ^a   Padilla, Juan ^a   Del Cueto, Clarissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Astrocytes; Schwann cells; Sensory axons

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; EYE PROTECTION; NEURONS;

AMPHIBIUM; ASTROCYTE; GLIAL CELLS; NERVE GRAFTS; OPTIC NERVE; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVES; SENSORY AXON; SENSORY NEURONS; ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDY;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; DORSAL ROOT; FROG; GLIA CELL; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0033200351     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19990815/01)46:4/5<310::AID-JEMT8>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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