Addition of tetrodotoxin alters the morphology of thalamocortical axons in organotypic cocultures

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 707-718

  Wilkemeyer, M F ^a,b   Angelides, K J ^a,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

activity; axonal morphology; cocultures; cortical development; tetrodotoxin; thalamic development

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MORPHOLOGY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CARBOCYANINES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRODOTOXIN; THALAMUS;

EID: 0029877522     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19960315)43:6<707::AID-JNR7>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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