Interspecies variation in axon-myelin relationships

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 167, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 206-213

  Fraher, John P ^a   O'Sullivan, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Axon; Perimeter; Regression; Sheath thickness; Variance

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DOGFISH; EVOLUTION; FROG; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROUT;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; AVES; CHONDRICHTHYES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; OSTEICHTHYES; SALMONIDAE; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

EID: 0033823196     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016783     Document Type: Article

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