Ultrastructural changes of sympathetic neurons following neurotrophin 3 antiserum treatment in young rat

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 401-409

  Luo, Xue Gang ^a   Zhou, Xin Fu ^a   Rush, Robert A ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CYTOLYSIS; GOLGI COMPLEX; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0031257677     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6597     Document Type: Article

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