Effects of an enriched environment on myelin sheaths in the white matter of rats during normal aging: A stereological study

Neuroscience

Volumn 234, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-21

  Yang, S ^a   Li, C ^a   Qiu, X ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Lu, W ^a   Chen, L ^a   Zhao, Y Y ^a   Shi, X Y ^a   Huang, C X ^a   Cheng, G H ^a   Tang, Y ^a,b  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Enriched environment; Myelin sheath; Remyelination; Stereology; White matter

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL VOLUME; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER LENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOMETRY; THICKNESS; WHITE MATTER;

AGING; ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; RATS;

EID: 84873498028     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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