Quantitative ultrastructural evidence of myelin malformation in optic nerves of rats submitted to a multideficient diet

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-99

  Almeida, M F L ^a   Silveira, A C D ^a   Guedes, R C A ^b   Hokoc J N ^a   Martinez, A M B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Malnutrition; Myelin sheath; Non myelinated axons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; MALNUTRITION; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; AXONS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALNUTRITION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYELIN SHEATH; OPTIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 21844470988     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10284150500049597     Document Type: Article

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