A brief historical note on the classification of nerve fibers

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-119

  Manzano, Gilberto Mastrocola ^a,b   Giuliano, Lydia M P ^a   Nóbrega, João A M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Classification; History; Motoneurones; Nerve fibers; Peripheral nerves

Indexed keywords

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; BETA NERVE FIBER; GAMMA NERVE FIBER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; NOMENCLATURE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 42149189471     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2008000100033     Document Type: Short Survey

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