Monoclonal antibodies SMI 311 and SMI 312 as tools to investigate the maturation of nerve cells and axonal patterns in human fetal brain

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 291, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 433-443

  Ulfig, N ^a   Nickel, J ^a   Bohl, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain storage; Differentiation; Fixation; Human; Immunocytochemistry; Microwave; Neurofilaments; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; PICRIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; DENDRITE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AXONS; BRAIN; DENDRITES; EPITOPES; GESTATIONAL AGE; GOLGI APPARATUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS;

EID: 0031929448     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051013     Document Type: Article

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