Transient expression of calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactivity in the ventral horn of the post-natal rat cervical spinal cord

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-96

  Gibson, Claire L ^a   Clowry, Gavin J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity dependent modification of synapses; Calcitonin gene related peptide; Primary sensory afferents; Spinal pattern generators

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOTONEURON; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NECK; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033535968     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(99)00056-5     Document Type: Article

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