Retino-geniculate axons regenerating in adult hamsters are able to form morphologically distinct terminals

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 315-322

  Carter, David A ^a   Jhaveri, Sonal ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SYRIAN HAMSTER; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031213986     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6495     Document Type: Article

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