The perineuronal glial tissue of spinal ganglia. Quantitative changes in the rabbit from youth to extremely advanced age

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 211, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 455-463

  Martinelli, C ^a   Sartori, P ^a   De Palo, S ^a   Ledda, M ^a   Pannese, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Dorsal root ganglia; Neuron glia interactions; Perineuronal satellite cells; Peripheral neuroglia

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GLIA; GROUPS BY AGE; JUVENILE; LIFESPAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE SHEATH; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PERIKARYON; PERINEURIUM; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; SATELLITE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL GANGLION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLUMETRY;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; RABBITS; SATELLITE CELLS, PERINEURONAL;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33749243366     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-006-0097-x     Document Type: Article

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