Age-related changes in rat optic nerve: Morphological studies

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-16

  Cavallotti, C ^a,b   Cavallotti, D ^a,c   Pescosolido, N ^a   Pacella, E ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Dept of Cardiovasc/Resp Sciences ^*  (Italy)

^c Neurologic Clinic   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CRYSTAL VIOLET; EOSIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEMATOXYLIN; M PROTEIN;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; GROUPS BY AGE; IMAGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAGNIFICATION RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE FIBER; NERVE SHEATH; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTICAL DENSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALIA; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

AGING; ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0038506113     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0264.2003.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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