A quantitative analysis of rat central nervous system myelination using the immunohistochemical method for MBP

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 18-22

  Hamano, Kenzo ^a   Iwasaki, Nobuaki ^a   Takeya, Toshiki ^a   Takita, Hitoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Myelination; Nerve pathway; Quantitative assessment; Rat

Indexed keywords

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYELINATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OPTIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0029977890     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(96)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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