Neuronal organization of the spinal cord in the red stingray (Dasyatis akajei: Chondrichthyes)

Journal of Brain Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-116

  Iwahori, Nobuharu ^a   Kawawaki, Tae ^a   Baba, Junko ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Golgi method; Neuronal organization; Red stingray; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; ELECTRIC FISH; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; SKATES (FISH); SPINAL CORD;

EID: 23744456463     PISSN: 09448160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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