Axonal atrophy: The retraction reaction

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 364-370

  Bernstein, Michael ^a   Lichtman, Jeff W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM; CLIMBING FIBER; GLIA CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TARGET CELL;

EID: 0033152145     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(99)80053-1     Document Type: Article

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