Why do axons differ in caliber?

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 626-638

  Perge, János A ^a   Niven, Jeremy E ^b   Mugnaini, Enrico ^c   Balasubramanian, Vijay ^a   Sterling, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; COCHLEAR NERVE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRANULE CELL; GUINEA PIG; LOCUST; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL VOLUME; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER DIAMETER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; OCTOPUS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; RHESUS MONKEY; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; COCHLEAR NERVE; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GRASSHOPPERS; GUINEA PIGS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; OCTOPODIFORMES; OPTIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84855690829     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4254-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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