Stereological study of the age-related changes of the myelinated nerve fibers in the hippocampal formation of rat

Acta Anatomica Sinica

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 851-856

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

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Age related changes; Hippocampal formation; Myelinated nerve fibers; Rat; Stereology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG EVANS RAT; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STEREOMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WHITE MATTER;

RATTUS;

EID: 76149132317     PISSN: 05291356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0529-1356.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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