Oligodendrocytes in the adult rat spinal cord undergo radiation-induced apoptosis

Cancer Research

Volumn 56, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 5417-5422

  Li, Yu Qing ^a   Jay, Venita ^c   Wong, C Shun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030480897     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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