Recovery of neurofilament expression selectively in regenerating reticulospinal neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 5206-5220

  Jacobs, Alan J ^a,c   Swain, Gary P ^a   Snedeker, Joseph A ^a   Pijak, Donald S ^a   Gladstone, Laura J ^a   Selzer, Michael E ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Lamprey; Mauthner cells; Muller cells; Neurofilaments; Regeneration; Reticulospinal; Spinal transection

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DIGOXIGENIN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOSTOME; GROWTH CONE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAUTHNER CELL; MUELLER CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT;

EID: 0030994563     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-13-05206.1997     Document Type: Article

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