Ultrastructural morphology and morphometry of phrenic nerve in rats

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 513-517

  Fazan, Valéria Paula Sassoli ^a,b   Filho, Omar Andrade Rodrigues ^c   Jordão, Caroline Echavarria Rodrigues ^a   Moore, Kenneth Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lateral symmetry; Longitudinal symmetry; Morphometry; Phrenic nerve; Rat; Ultrastructure; Unmyelinated fiber

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELINATED NERVE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DIAPHRAGM; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; PHRENIC NERVE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 65549150494     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20843     Document Type: Article

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