Variations in oxidative enzyme type profiles among prenatal rat lumbar motoneurons

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-75

  Sheard, Philip W ^a   Oettli, Heidi E ^a   Johnson, Angela J ^a   Duxson, Marilyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Development; Motoneuron; Oxidative enzyme; Rat

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; KINETICS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030709392     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(97)00118-1     Document Type: Article

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