The effects of normal aging on myelinated nerve fibers in monkey central nervous system

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 3, Issue JUL, 2009, Pages

  Peters, Alan ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axons; Degeneration; Myelin sheaths; Oligodendrocytes; Remyelination; Rhesus monkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954951830     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.05.011.2009     Document Type: Review

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