Morphometric evaluation of the aging process in various human nerve fibers

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 103-106

  Nonaka, Naoko ^a   Goto, Noboru ^a,b   Goto, Jun ^a,c   Shibata, Masakazu ^d   Nakamura, Masanori ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Koriyama Professional Training College of Health Sciences   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN MATSUZAWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axon; Image analysis; Morphometry; Staining method; Tissue preparation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPLANCHNIC NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATROPHY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AXONS; BRAIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SPINAL CORD; SPLANCHNIC NERVES; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 63149123551     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj.85.103     Document Type: Article

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