Morphological evidence of the inhibitory effect of taxol on the fast axonal transport

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-122

  Nakata, Takahiro ^a   Yorifuji, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

A new chamber system; Fast axonal transport; Sciatic nerve; Taxol; Vesicles; Wheat germ agglutinin

Indexed keywords

PACLITAXEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DRUG ACTIVITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; CELLS, CULTURED; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS, CULTURE; FLUORESCENT DYES; LECTINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULES; ORGANELLES; PACLITAXEL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHODAMINES; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS;

EID: 0032755275     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(99)00074-7     Document Type: Article

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