Developmental changes in axon terminals visualized by immunofluorescence for the growth-associated protein, GAP-43, in the robust nucleus of the archistriatum of the zebra finch

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-251

  Sakaguchi, Hironobu ^a,b   Saito, Nozomu ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Development; GAP 43; Immunofluorescence; Song control nucleus; Synaptogenesis; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

NEUROMODULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; NERVE ENDING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 0030565435     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(96)00085-5     Document Type: Article

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