Folate and folate-dependent enzymes associated with rat CNS development

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-35

  Martinasevic, Mariana K ^a   Rios, Gladys R ^a   Miller, Michael W ^a,b   Tephly, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Cerebral cortex; Folic acid; Formate; Glia cells; Neural tube; Tetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; FOLIC ACID; FORMIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033035277     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017363     Document Type: Article

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