Neuronal degeneration by suicide transport following injection of volkensin into rat cerebral cortex

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 192-203

  Heath, P R ^d   Chessell, I P ^a,c   Sanders, M W ^d   Francis, P T ^b   Bowen, D M ^a   Pearson, R C A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VOLKENSIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; FRONTAL CORTEX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS; THALAMUS; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031239558     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6586     Document Type: Article

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