Morphological changes in the frog cerebellar cortex after unilateral section of the statoacustic nerve

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 317-328

  Necchi, D ^a   Scherini, E ^a   Botta, L ^a   Soldani, C ^a   Valli, P ^a   Bernocchi, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphibian cerebellum; Electron microscopy; Vestibular compensation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FROG; GRANULE CELL; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER; NEURECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PURKINJE CELL; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA;

EID: 0036973073     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/1743     Document Type: Article

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