Reductions in motoneuronal neurofilament synthesis by successive axotomies: A possible explanation for the conditioning lesion effect on axon regeneration

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-106

  Tetzlaff, Wolfram ^a   Leonard, Catherine ^b   Krekoski, Craig A ^b   Parhad, Irma M ^b   Bisby, Mark A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030001523     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1996.0084     Document Type: Article

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