Age-related quantitative changes in mitochondria of satellite cell sheaths enveloping spinal ganglion neurons in the rabbit

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-151

  Martinelli, C ^a   Sartori, P ^a   Ledda, M ^a   Pannese, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Dorsal root ganglia; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Peripheral neuroglia; Satellite cells; Sensory ganglia

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENERGY YIELD; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SATELLITE CELL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0038383856     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(03)00101-1     Document Type: Article

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