Calcium entry initiates processes that restore a barrier to dye entry in severed earthworm giant axons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 147-150

  Blanchette, Adam R ^a   Ballinger, Martis L ^a   Fishman, Harvey M ^b   Bittner, George D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c University of Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Axotomy; Barrier restoration; Calcium initiated processes; Membrane sealing; Nerve repair

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GIANT AXON; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CALCIUM; COLORING AGENTS; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCEINS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OLIGOCHAETA;

EID: 0032865525     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00544-3     Document Type: Article

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