Aging in the vestibular nuclear complex of the male golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus): Anatomic and morphometric study

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 7-9, 2007, Pages 855-868

  Fernandez J A ^a   Suarez C ^b   Navarro, A ^c   Diaz C ^d   Alvarez, J C ^e   del Rey, C González ^f   Fernández, Jorge Tolivia ^c,g  

^a Burela Coast Hospital   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^d Hospital de San Agustin   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DE CABUEÑES   (Spain)

^f Virgin of the Shell Hospital   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Morphometry; Neuroanatomy; Neuron; Vestibular nuclei

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYRIAN HAMSTER; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; CELL AGING; CYTOLOGY; HAMSTER; HISTOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL AGING; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CRICETINAE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; NEURONS; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS, LATERAL;

EID: 34447116290     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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