Oligodendroglia regulate the regional expansion of axon caliber and local accumulation of neurofilaments during development independently of myelin formation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 5095-5105

  Sánchez, Ivelisse ^a,c   Hassinger, Linda ^a   Paskevich, Peter A ^a   Shine, H David ^b   Nixon, Ralph A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

axon caliber; CNS development; myelin; neurofilaments; oligodendroglia; optic nerve

Indexed keywords

NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOUSE; MYELINATION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029781743     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-16-05095.1996     Document Type: Article

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