The effects of donor stage on the survival and function of embryonic striatal grafts in the adult rat brain. I. Morphological characteristics

Neuroscience

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 695-710

  Fricker, R A ^a   Torres, E M ^a   Dunnett, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; DARPP 32; Embryonic striatal grafts; P zones; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; DOPAMINE; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN DARPP 32; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN GRAFT; CELL SPREADING; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIATE CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030801494     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00656-2     Document Type: Article

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