Age-related three-dimensional morphological changes in rat motoneurons innervating diaphragm and longissimus muscles

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 394-399

  Miyata, H ^a   Suzuki, T ^a   Maruyama, A ^a   Wada, N ^a,b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIAPHRAGM; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE TRACT; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHOLERA TOXIN; DIAPHRAGM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD;

RATTUS;

EID: 51249123763     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: 14390264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2008.00873.x     Document Type: Article

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