title: Unmyelinated nerve fibers of the human mandibular nerve.
abstract: The aim of this research is to find and to evaluate morphometorically the unmyelinated nerve fibers in the human mandibular nerve using a light microscope. Our report demonstrates for the first time the presence of the unmyelinated nerve fibers of the human mandibular nerve stained by a special method. Our results also indicate that there is a morphometric change with aging in the unmyelinated axons of the nerve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, 5-8, Hatanodai 1, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nonaka
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ezure
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000886:Anthropometry; D001369:Axons; D002102:Cadaver; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008340:Mandibular Nerve / Q000166:cytology*; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D013048:Specimen Handling; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods