Axotomy induces retraction of the dendritic arbor of adult rat rubrospinal neurons

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 184-193

  Tseng, G F ^a   Hu, M E ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dendritic reorganization; Plasticity; Rat; Red nucleus; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RED NUCLEUS; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RED NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0029842457     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: 14226421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000147803     Document Type: Article

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