Neuronal degeneration in the gerbil brainstem is associated with spongiform lesions

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 187-204

  Mcginn, Michael D ^a,c   Faddis, Brian T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Cochlear nucleus; Silver stain; Spongiform degeneration

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; NEURONS;

AUDITORY; BRAINSTEM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; KAINIC ACID; MONGOLIANS; NEURODEGENERATION; SILVER STAIN; SPECIES CONTROL; SPONGIFORM DEGENERATION;

SILVER;

KAINIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; BRAIN STEM INJURY; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERBIL; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SILVER STAINING; STAB WOUND;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; LEMNISCUS; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 0032080490     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19980501)41:3<187::AID-JEMT3>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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