Chapter 3 Histology of the Peripheral Nerve and Changes Occurring During Nerve Regeneration

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 87, Issue C, 2009, Pages 27-46

  Geuna, Stefano ^a   Raimondo, Stefania ^a   Ronchi, Giulia ^a   Di Scipio, Federica ^a   Tos, Pierluigi ^b   Czaja, Krzysztof ^c   Fornaro, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ENDONEURIUM; GLIA CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PARENCHYMA; PERIKARYON; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; STROMA; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; NERVE DEGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 70349784008     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(09)87003-7     Document Type: Review

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