Anatomical and functional characteristics of transplanted monoaminergic neurons in paraplegic rats

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 429, Issue , 1997, Pages 121-136

  Giménez Y Ribotta, Minerva ^a   Roudet, Christelle ^a   Privat, Alain ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

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ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DENERVATION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MODEL; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

EID: 0031436086     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-9551-6_9     Document Type: Article

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