Demyelination induces the decline of the myelinated fiber length in aged rat white matter

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 528-535

  Li, Chen ^a   Yang, Shu ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Lu, Wei ^a   Nyengaard, Jens R ^b   Morrison, John H ^c   Tang, Yong ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Myelinated fibers; Stereology; Unmyelinated fibers; White matter

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WHITE MATTER;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

RATTUS;

EID: 65549091543     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20884     Document Type: Article

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