Human dorsal root ganglion neurons from embryonic donors extend axons into the host rat spinal cord along laminin-rich peripheral surroundings of the dorsal root transitional zone

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 811-822

  Kozlova, Elena N ^a,b   Seiger, Åke ^c   Aldskogius, Håkan ^b  

^a KOL TSOV INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMININ; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; EMBRYO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AXONS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; LAMININ; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0031413580     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018522616891     Document Type: Article

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