Morphometric Analysis of the Human Tibial Nerve and the Ageing Process

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 78, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 61-64

  Tani, Hiroaki ^a   Goto, Noboru ^a   Goto, Jun ^a   Lu, Shuang ^a   Ma, Xiaoxin ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ageing; Axon; Discriminative staining method; Morphometry; Tibial nerve

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIBIAL NERVE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AXONS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0035434616     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj1936.78.2-3_61     Document Type: Article

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