Growth of pyramidal, but not non-pyramidal, dendrites in long-term organotypic explants of neonatal rat neocortex chronically exposed to neurotrophin-3

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1037-1044

  Baker, R E ^a   Dijkhuizen, P A ^a   Van Pelt, J ^a   Verhaagen, J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adenoviral vector; Dendrite; Neocortex; Organotypic explants; Quantitative morphology; Rapid Golgi

Indexed keywords

6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GOLGI STAIN; GROWTH; MICROSCOPY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE REGENERATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETIC VECTORS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LAC OPERON; NEOCORTEX; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS;

EID: 0031879130     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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