Further evidence for a unique developmental compartment in the cerebellum of the meander tail mutant mouse as revealed by the quantitative analysis of Purkinje cells

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 364, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 718-728

  Napieralski, Julie A ^a   Eisenman, Leonard M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dendrites; genetic models; immunohistochemistry; neurologic mutants; vitamin D dependent calcium binding protein

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; DENDRITE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MODEL; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CEREBELLUM; DENDRITES; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS;

EID: 0030032416     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960122)364:4<718::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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