Enhanced sympathetic neurite outgrowth on rat hippocampal tissue sections following septal lesions

Brain Research

Volumn 725, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 111-114

  Tian, Xintian ^a   Scott, Samuel A ^a,b   Weingartner, Jean ^a   Crutcher, Keith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BARRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal forebrain; Hippocampus; Nerve growth factor; Rat; Section culture; Septal lesion; Sprouting; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHICKEN; DENERVATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

EID: 0030600005     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00285-5     Document Type: Article

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