Transient expression of somatostatin mRNA in developing ganglion cell layers of rat retina

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-33

  Xiang, Zhenghua ^a   Jiang, Ling ^b   Kang, Zhimin ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Development; Ganglion cell; Immunocytochemistry; In situ hybridization; Retina; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC TRACT; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

AGING; ANIMALS; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RNA, MESSENGER; SOMATOSTATIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035978947     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(01)00145-6     Document Type: Article

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