Measurement of the rate of myelination using a fluorescent analogue of ceramide

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 497-507

  Bilderback, Timothy R ^a   Chan, Jonah R ^b   Harvey, John J ^a   Glaser, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramide; Fluorescence microscopy; Galactocerebroside; Myelination; Sphingomyelin

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIPID TRANSPORT; LIPOGENESIS; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CERAMIDES; FETUS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDES; GANGLIA, SPINAL; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCHWANN CELLS; SPHINGOMYELINS;

EID: 0030859033     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19970815)49:4<497::AID-JNR10>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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