Developmental expression of VGF mRNA in the prenatal and postnatal rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 394, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 64-90

  Snyder, Susan E ^a   Pintar, John E ^b   Salton, Stephen R J ^a,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; In situ hybridization ontogeny; Regional distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEREBELLUM; FETAL PROTEINS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032571818     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980427)394:1<64::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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