Morphometric analysis of myelinated axons in the human vagus nerve.
Myelinated axons of the human vagus nerve were analyzed morphometrically on 30 cadavers (16 males and 14 females). The result showed that the transverse area and perimeter of myelinated axons decreased with age, although the total number of their axons did not change.
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Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, 5-8, Hatanodai 1, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002452:Cell Count; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009413:Nerve Fibers, Myelinated; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000166:cytology*