Immunocytochemical localization of neurofilaments in the fibre systems of the developing rat spinal cord white matter

European Journal of Morphology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 329-346

  Oudega, Martin ^a,c   Voormolen, Johan H C ^a   Usunoff, Kamen G ^b   Marani, Enrico ^a   Thomeer, Raph T W M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

development; immunocytochemistry; neuronal cytoskeleton; rat; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SPINAL CORD; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0030512022     PISSN: 09243860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ejom.34.5.329.13052     Document Type: Article

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