A morphometric study on the longitudinal and lateral symmetry of the sural nerve in mature and aging female rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1222, Issue , 2008, Pages 51-60

  Jeronimo, André ^a,b   Jeronimo, Cláudia Além Domingues ^a,b   Filho, Omar Andrade Rodrigues ^a   Sanada, Luciana Sayuri ^c   Fazan, Valéria Paula Sassoli ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UBERABA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Female rat; Morphology; Morphometry; Myelinated fibers; Sural nerve

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SURAL NERVE; WISTAR RAT;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SURAL NERVE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; WALLERIA;

EID: 46949104530     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.05.055     Document Type: Article

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