Structural characterization of the human cerebral myelin sheath by small angle x-ray scattering

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 5675-5688

  De Felici, M ^a,b   Felici, R ^a   Ferrero, C ^a   Tartari, A ^b   Gambaccini, M ^b   Finet, S ^c  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; FORMALDEHYDE; LIPID BILAYERS; SCATTERING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; X RAY SCATTERING;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; CEREBRAL TISSUES; CONDUCTION VELOCITIES; ELECTRONIC CHARGE DENSITIES; EXTRACELLULAR REGIONS; FORMALIN; HUMAN BRAINS; HYDROPHOBIC TAILS; MOLECULAR ORGANIZATIONS; PHYSICAL TREATMENTS; POLAR HEADS; SCATTERED INTENSITIES; SINGLE SAMPLES; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERINGS; STATISTICAL VARIATIONS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; STRUCTURAL DETERMINATIONS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; SUB STRUCTURES; WHITE MATTERS;

EXTRACTION;

FORMALDEHYDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; CYTOPLASM; DENSITY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID BILAYER; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BRAIN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MYELIN SHEATH; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 58149216572     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/20/007     Document Type: Article

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