Transplantation of embryonic noradrenergic neurons in two models of adult rat spinal cord injury: Ultrastructural immunocytochemical study

Brain Research

Volumn 707, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-255

  Giménez y Ribotta, Minerva ^a   Roudet, Christelle ^a   Sandillon, Françoise ^a   Privat, Alain ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Noradrenaline; Rat; Spinal cord; Synaptic junction; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030022365     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01266-4     Document Type: Article

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