Role of polysialic acid in peripheral myelinated axons

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 489-491

  Carratu M R ^a,b   Steardo, L ^a   Cuomo, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axon growth; Demyelination; Node of Ranvier; Polysialic acid

Indexed keywords

AXON GROWTH; BINDING SPECIFICITIES; CELL-CELL INTERACTION; DEMYELINATION; HISTOCHEMICAL STAININGS; MYELINATED AXONS; NODE OF RANVIER; POLYSIALIC ACID; STAINING METHOD; VERTEBRATE NERVOUS SYSTEM;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

POLYSIALIC ACID;

CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029737899     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19960815)34:6<489::AID-JEMT1>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Review

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