Selective expression of the immediate early gene c-jun in axotomized rat medial septal neurons is not related to neuronal degeneration

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1894-1903

  Haas, Carola A ^a   Deller, Thomas ^a   Naumann, Thomas ^a   Frotscher, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

axotomy; in situ hybridization; retrograde degeneration; retrograde tracing; septohippocampal projection; transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C JUN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

EID: 0030003661     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-05-01894.1996     Document Type: Article

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