Fine structure and development of dorsal root ganglion neurons and Schwann cells in the newborn opossum Monodelphis domestica

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 396, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 338-350

  Fernández, Juan ^a   Nicholls, John G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Axon differentiation; Dorsal root ganglia; Myelination; Schwann cell development

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL GANGLION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURONS; OPOSSUMS; SCHWANN CELLS;

EID: 2642615379     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980706)396:3<338::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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