Effects of short-term enriched environment on the white matter and the myelinated fibers in the white matter of aged male rats

Acta Anatomica Sinica

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 709-714

  Yang, Shu ^a   Li, Chen ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Lu, Wei ^a   Xu, Qiang ^a   Shi, Xiao Yan ^a   Chen, Lin ^a   Tang, Yong ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aged male rat; Enriched environment; Myelinated fiber; Stereology; White matter

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; RAT; REMYELINIZATION; STEREOLOGY; STEREOMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WHITE MATTER;

RATTUS;

EID: 72449153849     PISSN: 05291356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0529-1356.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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