title: Nerve fiber analysis and age-related changes of the human mandibular nerve.
abstract: We morphometrically analyzed nerve fibers of the human mandibular nerve with a discriminative staining method that makes it possible to separate nerve fibers into myelinated and unmyelinated fibers. We counted numbers and transverse areas of myelinated axons under the microscope using an on-line image-analyzer. This study revealed the morphometric changes which affect the human mandibular nerve during the aging process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, 5-8, Hatanodai 1, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nonaka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsurumi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology*; D002452:Cell Count; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008340:Mandibular Nerve / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009413:Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / Q000473:pathology*