Degenerative phenomena and reactive modifications of the adult rat inferior olivary neurons following axotomy and disconnection from their targets

Neuroscience

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 587-604

  Buffo, A ^a   Fronte, M ^a   Oestreicher, A B ^b   Rossi, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Axon regeneration; CGRP; GAP 43; Immediate early gene; Neuronal death; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; NEUROMODULIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFERIOR OLIVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C JUN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; AXOTOMY; BRAIN MAPPING; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CELL DEATH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0032495810     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00049-9     Document Type: Article

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