Axonal regrowth after spinal cord transection in adult zebrafish

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 377, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 577-595

  Becker, Thomas ^a,c   Wullimann, Mario F ^b   Becker, Catherina G ^a,c   Bernhardt, Robert R ^a   Schachner, Melitta ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ascending fibers; cell death; CNS regeneration; Mauthner cell; teleost

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; MAUTHNER CELL; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0031025042     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19970127)377:4<577::aid-cne8>3.0.co;2-#     Document Type: Article

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