Schwann cell apoptosis during normal development and after axonal degeneration induced by neurotoxins in the chick embryo

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3979-3990

  Ciutat, Dolors ^a   Calderó, Jordi ^a   Oppenheim, Ronald W ^b   Esquerda, Josep E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

apoptosis; chick embryo; development; excitotoxicity; peripheral nerves; Schwann cells; bungarotoxin

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NEUROTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CHICK EMBRYO; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL;

EID: 0029922538     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-12-03979.1996     Document Type: Article

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