Delayed Maturation of Regenerating Myelinated Axons in Mice Lacking Neurofilaments

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 299-316

  Zhu, Qinzhang ^a   Couillard Després, Sébastien ^a   Julien, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN H; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN L; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN M;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HYPERTROPHY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIATIC NERVE; TIME;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CYTOSKELETON; GENOTYPE; HYPERTROPHY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SCIATIC NERVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031263931     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6654     Document Type: Article

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