Computer-assisted morphometric study on the postnatal growth of axon size and myelin thickness in the ventral and dorsal roots of the rabbit

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-68

  Dolapchieva, Sabina ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Axon diameter; Myelin sheath specific width; Spinal roots

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DORSAL ROOT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL GROWTH; RABBIT; SPINAL ROOT; THICKNESS; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 1242352953     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(04)80125-0     Document Type: Article

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