Morphometric analysis of infant and adult medullary nuclei through optical disector method

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1619-1629

  Porzionato, Andrea ^a   Macchi, Veronica ^a   Parenti, Anna ^a   De Caro, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human; Infant; Medulla oblongata; Morphometry; Optical disector

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SIZE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; INFANT; INFERIOR OLIVE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROPIL; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL NUCLEUS;

ADULT; AGING; BIOMETRY; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449645303     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20957     Document Type: Article

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