The carbohydrate N-acetylglucosamine is involved in the guidance of neurites from chick ciliary ganglion neurons through the extracellular matrix of rat skeletal muscle fiber

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-84

  Iglesias, Montse ^a   Soler, Rosa M ^a   Ribera, Joan ^a   Esquerda, Josep E ^a   Comella, Joan X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryoculture system; Extracellular matrix; Lectin; Motoneuron; Motor system; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CILIARY GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0029872105     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12506-4     Document Type: Article

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