Retrograde tracing of zinc-enriched (ZEN) neuronal somata in rat spinal cord

Brain Research

Volumn 900, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 80-87

  Wang, Zhanyou ^a,b   Danscher, Gorm ^a   Mook Jo, Seung ^a   Shi, Yuxiu ^b   Daa Schrøder, Henrik ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

(ZnSeAMG); Rat; Retrograde transport; Somata; Spinal cord; Zinc enriched ZEN; Zinc selenide autometallography

Indexed keywords

ZINC ION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ION TRANSPORT; LYSOSOME; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CELL SIZE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE ENDINGS; NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SPINAL CORD; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0035805172     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)02261-2     Document Type: Article

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