Age-related changes of elements with their relationships in human cranial and spinal nerves

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 229-252

  Utsumi, Masako ^a   Tohno, Setsuko ^a   Tohno, Yoshiyuki ^a   Azuma, Cho ^a   Moriwake, Yumi ^a   Nishiwaki, Fumio ^a   Yamada, Masa Oki ^a   Minami, Takeshi ^b  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Calcium; Cranial nerve; Magnesium; Nerve; Spinal nerve; Trigeminal nerve

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IRON; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENT;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CRANIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; OPTIC NERVE; PERONEUS NERVE; RADIAL NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; VAGUS NERVE;

AGED; AGING; CALCIUM; CRANIAL NERVES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; PHOSPHORUS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SPINAL NERVES; SULFUR;

EID: 2542513850     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:98:3:229     Document Type: Article

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