Morphometric evaluation of the human tractus solitarius

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-8

  Yamamoto, Toshiaki ^a   Shibata, Masakazu ^a   Goto, Noboru ^a   Ezure, Hiromitsu ^a   Ito, Junji ^a   Suzuki, Masataka ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Morphometry; Taste; Tooth loss; Tractus solitarius

Indexed keywords

EID: 22444439084     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj.82.5     Document Type: Article

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