Measurements of the Obersteiner-Redlich zone of the vagus nerve and their possible clinical applications

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-41

  Słoniewski, Paweł ^a   Korejwo, Grzegorz ^b   Zieliński, Piotr ^b   Moryś, Janusz ^b   Krzyzanowski, Maciej ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Obersteiner Redlich zone; Root entry zone; Vagus nerve histology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHWANN CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VAGUS NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROGLIA; SCHWANN CELLS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0038849601     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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