Neuron death in the substantia nigra of weaver mouse occurs late in development and is not apoptotic

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 6134-6145

  Oo, Tinmarlar F ^a   Blazeski, Richard ^a   Harrison, Susan M W ^b   Henchcliffe, Claire ^a   Mason, Carol A ^a   Roffler Tarlov, Suzanne K ^b   Burke, Robert E ^a  

^a The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

apoptosis; development; potassium channel; programmed cell death; substantia nigra; ultrastructure; weaver

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0029833389     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-19-06134.1996     Document Type: Article

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