Long-term effects of retinal lesions on growth-associated protein 43 (GAP-43) expression in the visual system of adult cats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-116

  Baekelandt, Veerle ^a   Eysel, Ulf T ^b   Orbanb, Guy A ^a   Vandesande, Frans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

cat; dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus; growth associated protein 43; retinal lesion; synaptic plasticity; visual cortex

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROMODULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0029932443     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12558-1     Document Type: Article

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