Morphogenic role for acetylcholinesterase in axonal outgrowth during neural development

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 81-87

  Bigbee, John W ^a,d   Sharma, Karun V ^a   Gupta, Jyotsna J ^b   Dupree, Jeffrey L ^c  

^a Universite Virginia Commonwealth   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Cell adhesion; Cytoskeleton; Dorsal root ganglion neurons; Inhibitors; Neural development; Neurite outgrowth

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CARBAMATE PESTICIDE; CHLORPYRIFOS; NEUROTRANSMITTER; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; CYTOSKELETON; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032929801     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107s181     Document Type: Article

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