title: Age-related changes in nerve fibers of the human fasciculus gracilis.
abstract: Nerve fibers of the human fasciculus gracilis were studied on 10 male cadavers aged 41-97 years using a discriminative staining method and a microscopic image-analyzing system. Our data show that the transverse areas of axons in the human fasciculus gracilis significantly decrease with age, while no significant correlation was observed between the number of fibers and age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hagiwara
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Noboru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Hiromitsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ezure
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moriyama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D001369:Axons / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009413:Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / Q000502:physiology*; D013194:Staining and Labeling