Neurite outgrowth through lesions of neonatal opossum spinal cord in culture

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 366, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 600-612

  Varga, Z M ^a   Fernandez, J ^b   Blackshaw, S ^c   Martin, A R ^d   Muller, K J ^e   Adams, W B ^a   Nicholls, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

development; electron microscopy; regeneration; sprouting; video microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GANGLIA, SPINAL; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURITES; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYNAPSES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0029942445     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960318)366:4<600::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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