Visualization of single neurofilaments by immunofluorescence microscopy of splayed axonal cytoskeletons

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-145

  Brown, Anthony ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Cytoskeleton; Neurofilament

Indexed keywords

OCTOXINOL; SAPONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FETUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; OCTOXYNOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SAPONINS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030930279     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1997)38:2<133::AID-CM3>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Review

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