Differences in developmental cell death between somatic and autonomic motor neurons of rat spinal cord

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 396, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 483-492

  Wetts, Richard ^a   Vaughn, James E ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Choline acetyltransferase immunocytochemistry; NADPH diaphorase histochemistry; Organotypic slice culture; Preganglionic sympathetic neurons; TUNEL histochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EMBRYO; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTONEURON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032514236     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980713)396:4<483::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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