Innervation of the thymus in normal and bone marrow reconstituted severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 19-27

  Mitchell, Barry ^a   Kendall, Marion ^c   Adam, Elizabeth ^b   Schumacher, Udo ^b  

^a ANGLO EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bone marrow reconstitution; immune and nervous systems interaction; innervation; SCID mouse; thymus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, SCID; NERVE FIBERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES; THYMUS GLAND; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0030980528     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(96)00227-5     Document Type: Article

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