Quantitative analysis of myelinated axons of commissural fibers in the cat brain

Neurosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 171-175

  Sargon, Mustafa F ^a   Celik, H Hamdi ^a   Kapakin, Samet ^a   Basar, Ruhgun ^a   Aksit, M Dogan ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TOPOGRAPHY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY;

EID: 3142743841     PISSN: 13196138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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