The myelinated fiber changes in the white matter of aged female long-evans rats

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1582-1590

  Yang, Shu ^a   Li, Chen ^a   Lu, Wei ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a,b   Wang, Weiwei ^a   Tang, Yong ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jining Vocational Technology College   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Myelinated fiber; Rat; Stereology; White matter

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; LONG EVANS RAT; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATED NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOLOGY; WHITE MATTER;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 65849492532     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21986     Document Type: Article

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