Regenerating axons of the rat require a local source of proteins

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 251, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 197-200

  Gaete, Jorge ^a   Kameid, Gonzalo ^a   Alvarez, Jaime ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cycloheximide; Nerve fibre; Protein synthesis; Schwann cell; Slow transport

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; NEUROMODULIN; SILICONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; PERONEAL NERVE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RATS;

EID: 0032584755     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00538-2     Document Type: Article

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