Malnutrition and myelin structure: An X-ray scattering study of rat sciatic and optic nerves

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 481-486

  Vargas, Vivian ^a   Vargas, Rodolfo ^a   Marquez, Gustavo ^a   Vonasek, Eva ^a   Mateu, Leonardo ^a   Luzzati, Vittorio ^b   Borges, Julio ^c  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; Myelin; Optic nerves; Sciatic nerves; X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALNUTRITION; NERVE SHEATH; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0033635127     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490000094     Document Type: Article

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