Age-related Changes in Nerve Fibers of the Human Fasciculus Gracilis

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-5

  Hagiwara, Yasuo ^a   Goto, Jun ^a   Goto, Noboru ^a   Ezure, Hiromitsu ^a   Moriyama, Hiroshi ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging process; Axon; Fasciculus gracilis; Human; Masson goldner goto method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FASCICULUS GRACILIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AXONS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0038108716     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj.80.1     Document Type: Article

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