Growth preferences of adult rat retinal ganglion cell axons in retinotectal cocultures

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 379-387

  Wizenmann, Andrea ^c   Bähr, Mathias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult rat; Axon guidance; Chemotropism; Retina

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; MESENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0032525963     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19980615)35:4<379::AID-NEU5>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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