Apoptotic cascade of neurons in the subcortical sensory relay nuclei following the neonatal infraorbital nerve transection

Brain Research

Volumn 824, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 284-290

  Sugimoto, Tomosada ^a   Xiao, Chun ^a   Takeyama, Akihiro ^a   He, Yi Fen ^a   Takano Yamamoto, Teruko ^a   Ichikawa, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Infraorbital nerve; Nerve injury; Newborn rat; Sensory trigeminal nuclear complex; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; NEURONS; ORBIT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 0033541572     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01237-8     Document Type: Article

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