Morphological Differentiation of Nerve Fibers: Central, Peripheral, Myelinated and Unmyelinated

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 211-216

  Goto, Jun ^a   Goto, Noboru ^a   Ezure, Hiromitsu ^a   Nonaka, Naoko ^a   Ma, Xiaoxin ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axon; Human; Myelin sheath; Nerve fiber; Staining method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; CADAVER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0035293436     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj1936.77.6_211     Document Type: Article

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