Changes in the numbers of neurons and astrocytes during the postnatal development of the rat inferior olive

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 406, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 375-383

  Cunningham, J J ^a   Sherrard, R M ^b   Bedi, K S ^a   Renshaw, G M C ^a   Bower, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Climbing fibres; Disector; Programmed cell death; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFERIOR OLIVE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; CELL COUNT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0033548902     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990412)406:3<375::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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