A quantitative study of the progress of myelination in the rat central nervous system, using the immunohistochemical method for proteolipid protein

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 287-293

  Hamano, Kenzo ^a   Takeya, Toshiki ^a   Iwasaki, Nobuaki ^a   Nakayama, Junko ^a   Ohto, Tatsuyuki ^a   Okada, Yusuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Myelin basic protein; Myelin protein; Myelination; Proteolipid protein; Quantification; Rat CNS

Indexed keywords

MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; MYELINATION; NERVE TRACT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; WHITE MATTER;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYELIN PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0032527033     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(98)00063-7     Document Type: Article

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