Postnatal development and aging of the rat ventral root L5: Electron microscopic and immunohistochemical studies

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 364, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 211-218

  Karlsson, M ^a   Hildebrand, C ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

calcitonin gene related peptide; myelinated fibers; substance P; tyrosine hydroxylase; unmyelinated fibers

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYELINATED NERVE; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADRENERGIC FIBERS; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0030057606     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960108)364:2<211::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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