Investigation of the susceptibility of equine autonomic neuronal cell lines, clonally derived from the same paravertebral ganglion, to toxic plasma from equine dysautonomia (grass sickness) cases

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 459-465

  John, H A ^a   Marrs, J ^a   Laffling, A J ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; SV40 large T temperature sensitive antigen; Thoracic sympathetic chain ganglia

Indexed keywords

TOXIN;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CELL KILLING; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSAUTONOMIA; FETUS; HORSE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, POLYOMAVIRUS TRANSFORMING; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CELL LINE; CLONE CELLS; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PLASMA; THORAX;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0033842056     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-2333(00)00037-0     Document Type: Article

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