Essential role of thyroid hormones in maturation of olfactory receptor neurons: An immunocytochemical study of number and cytoarchitecture of OMP-positive cells in developing rats

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 7-8, 1996, Pages 867-880

  Paternostro, Mark A ^a,b   Meisami, Esmail ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensatory neural growth; Developmental plasticity; Immunohistochemistry; Neuronal maturation; Olfactory epithelium; Olfactory marker protein; Olfactory mucosa; Olfactory neural development; Recovery from neural retardation; Thyroxine and neural development

Indexed keywords

PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUCKLING; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OLFACTORY MARKER PROTEIN; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RATS; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 0030461875     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5748(96)00064-0     Document Type: Article

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