Characteristic Features of a Nerve Primo-vessel Suspended in Rabbit Brain Ventricle and Central Canal

JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-80

  Lee, Byung Cheon ^a,b   Kim, Ki Woo ^a   Soh, Kwang Sup ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Research Center of Pharmacopuncture Medicine Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

brain ventricle; central canal; DNA; microparticles; nerve primo vessel; nerve regeneration

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; ACTIN; DNA;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE PRIMO VESSEL; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR SHAPE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RABBIT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; MERIDIANS; RABBITS; SPINAL CANAL;

EID: 77953310742     PISSN: 20052901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2005-2901(10)60015-5     Document Type: Article

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