Decrease in the nucleo-cytoplasmic volume ratio of rabbit spinal ganglion neurons with age

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 171-174

  Ledda, M ^a   Barni, L ^a   Altieri, L ^a   Pannese, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Dorsal root ganglia; Nuclear size; Oryctolagus cuniculu; Sensory neurons

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VOLUME; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL GANGLION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; LIPOFUSCIN; MALE; NEURONS; RABBITS;

EID: 0034625582     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01116-2     Document Type: Article

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