The ventral caudal nerve: A physiologic-morphometric study in three different rat strains

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 140-146

  Canta, Annalisa ^a   Meregalli, Cristina ^a   Chiorazzi, Alessia ^a   Carozzi, Valentina A ^a   Crippa, Luca ^b   Marmiroli, Paola ^a   Cavaletti, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ISTOVET   (Italy)

Author keywords

Morphology; Morphometry; Myelinated fibers; Nerve conduction velocity; Rat ventral caudal nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FISCHER 344 RAT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INBRED STRAIN; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELINATED NERVE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OUTBRED STRAIN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPINAL NERVE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WISTAR HANNOVER RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAIL;

EID: 77954264022     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8027.2010.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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