Morphometric Analysis of Myelinated Axons in the Human Vagus Nerve

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-6

  Lu, Shuang ^a   Goto, Noboru ^a   Goto, Jun ^a   Tajima, Nobuhiro ^a   Ishikawa, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging process; Axon; Human; Masson Goldner Goto method; Myelinated nerve fiber; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; VAGUS NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0035346153     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj1936.78.1_1     Document Type: Article

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