Rostral cerebellar malformation (rcm/rcm): A murine mutant to study regionalization of the cerebellum

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 394, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 106-117

  Eisenman, Leonard M ^a   Brothers, Rachel ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Granule cell; Isthmus; Purkinje cell; Spinocerebellar; Zebrin II

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; ECTOPIC TISSUE; GENE MUTATION; GRANULE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHENOTYPE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032571796     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980427)394:1<106::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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