Developmental increases in expression of neurofilament mRNA selectively in projection neurons of the lamprey CNS

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 364, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 383-401

  Jacobs, Alan J ^a   Swain, Gary P ^a   Selzer, Michael E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

digoxigenin; intermediate filament; larvae; metamorphosis; reticulospinal

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYCLOSTOME; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CRANIAL NERVES; DIGOXIGENIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LAMPREYS; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RETICULAR FORMATION; RNA PROBES; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030040426     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960115)364:3<383::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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