title: Morphometric comparison of human nerve cells: special sensory system.
abstract: We compared morphometric data on various nerve cells in the human special sensory system using the modified Klüver-Barrera staining method with an extremely minimized shrinkage ratio and an image-analyzer. According to the measurement data of cell-body sizes, we classified nerve cells of the various nerve nuclei in the special sensory system into three groups. These data are of interest to better understand the process of nerve conduction in the special sensory system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Takaoki
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nonaka
authors.forename: Noboru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shibata
mesh_terms: D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D048430:Cell Shape / Q000502:physiology; D048429:Cell Size; D017626:Cochlear Nucleus / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D004396:Coloring Agents; D005260:Female; D005829:Geniculate Bodies / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D019044:Image Cytometry; D007245:Inferior Colliculi / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009474:Neurons / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D009833:Olfactory Pathways / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology; D017552:Solitary Nucleus / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D013649:Taste / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents