Effect of permanent axotomy on number and volume of dorsal root ganglion cell bodies

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 388, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 307-312

  Vestergaard, S ^a   Tandrup, T ^a,b   Jakobsen, J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Nerve transsection; Neuronal degeneration; Neuronal regeneration; Neurotrophic factors; Stereology

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUMBAR SPINE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINAL NERVE; STEREOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 0030735243     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971117)388:2<307::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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