Presence of unmyelinated axons in the lumbar ventral roots of the 129 mouse strain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-104

  Elder, Gregory A ^a   Friedrich Jr , Victor L ^a   Chu, Keith ^a   Lazzarini, Robert A ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

129 Mouse strain; Embryonic stem cells; Gene targeting; Lumbar roots; Myelinated axons; Unmyelinated axons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE TARGETING; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MYELINATED NERVE; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0034705663     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01141-1     Document Type: Article

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