Differential regulation of cytoskeletal gene expression in hamster facial motoneurons: Effects of axotomy and testosterone treatment

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 817-823

  Jones, Kathryn J ^a   Storer, Paul D ^a   Drengler, Susan M ^a   Oblinger, Monica M ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b The Chicago Medical College   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon injury; Gonadal steroids; Peripheral motor neurons; Regeneration; Tubulin mRNA

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; ANDROGEN; BETA TUBULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HAMSTER; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; CRICETINAE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FACIAL NERVE; GAP-43 PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MOTOR NEURONS; TESTOSTERONE; TUBULIN;

EID: 0033568726     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19990915)57:6<817::AID-JNR6>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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