A novel type of programmed neuronal death in the cervical spinal cord of the chick embryo

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3685-3703

  Yaginuma, Hiroyuki ^a   Tomita, Misako ^a   Takashita, Noriko ^a   McKay, Sharen E ^b   Cardwell, Chareba ^b   Yin, Qin Wei ^b   Oppenheim, Ronald W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

apoptosis; avian; cell death; cervical; chicken; development; motoneuron; neurotrophic factors; quail; sympathetic

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0029981892     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-11-03685.1996     Document Type: Article

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