Three-dimensional visualization of the distribution, growth, and regeneration of monoaminergic neurons in whole mounts of immature mammalian CNS

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 390, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 427-438

  Luque, Juan M ^a   Biou, Virginie ^a   Nicholls, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Monodelphis domestica; Mouse; Regeneration; Serotonin; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Whole mount immunocytochemistry

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; EMBRYO; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MONOAMINE NERVE CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OPOSSUM; PERIKARYON; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; BRAIN; CELL DIVISION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURITES; NEURONS; OPOSSUMS; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0031982957     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980119)390:3<427::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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