Neurofilament triplet proteins are restricted to a subset of neurons in the rat neocortex

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 163-171

  Kirkcaldie, M T K ^a   Dickson, T C ^b   King, C E ^b   Grasby, D ^b   Riederer, B M ^c   Vickers, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c Institut de Biologie Cellulaire et de Morphologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cytoarchitecture; Cytoskeleton; Development; Myelination; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY SMI32; EPITOPE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATURATION; MYELINATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PERIKARYON; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT;

ANIMALS; NEOCORTEX; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0036711452     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(02)00043-1     Document Type: Article

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