A reversible abnormal form of myelin: An X-ray scattering study of human sural and rat sciatic nerves

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-16

  Vonasek, Eva ^a   Mateu, Leonardo ^a   Luzzati, Vittorio ^b   Marquez, Gustavo ^a   Vargas, Rodolfo ^a   Céspedes, Ghislaine ^c   Cotúa, Maritza ^c   Borges, Julio ^c  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Myelin swelling; Peripheral neuropathies; Structural disorder

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MYELIN SHEATH; PATHOLOGY; PH; RADIATION SCATTERING; RAT; REFERENCE VALUE; SCIATIC NERVE; SURAL NERVE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CADAVER; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MYELIN SHEATH; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RATS; REFERENCE VALUES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SCIATIC NERVE; SURAL NERVE; X-RAYS;

EID: 0035231604     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490000123     Document Type: Article

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