Enhanced expression of microtubule-associated protein 2 in large neurons of cortical dysplasia

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-61

  Yamanouchi, Hideo ^a   Zhang, Weixian ^a   Jay, Venira ^a   Becker, Laurence E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROBE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFANT; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0030053349     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410390109     Document Type: Article

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