Structural changes at cut ends of earthworm giant axons in the interval between dye barrier formation and neuritic outgrowth

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 416, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-157

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Axotomy; Membrane sealing; Myelin; Nerve regeneration

Indexed keywords

DYE; MYELIN;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EARTHWORM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; AXOTOMY; CELL MEMBRANE; COLORING AGENTS; GIANT CELLS; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURITES; OLIGOCHAETA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033540259     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000110)416:2<143::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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