Restitution of functional neural connections in chick embryos assessed in vitro after spinal cord transection in ovo

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 430-451

  Sholomenko, Gerald N ^a   Delaney, Kerry R ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brainstem spinal pathways; Central pattern generator; Development; Regeneration; Voltage sensitive dye

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

EID: 0032411255     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6944     Document Type: Article

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