Age-related change in the axonal diameter of the olfactory nerve in mouse lamina propria

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 127, Issue SUPPL. 559, 2007, Pages 108-112

  Watanabe, Kenta ^a   Kondo, Kenji ^a   Yamasoba, Tatsuya ^a   Kaga, Kimitaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Axon; Diameter; Electron microscopy; Olfactory receptor neuron

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; LAMINA PROPRIA; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY NERVE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 40749123049     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03655230701597598     Document Type: Article

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