Early enucleation does not alter the gross morphology of identified projection neurons in the chicken optic tectum

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 331, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-44

  Luksch, Harald ^a   Poll, Anita ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cellular development; Embryonal lesion; N cadherin; Retinotectal projection; Tectofugal pathway; Visual system

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EMBRYO; ENUCLEATION; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CHICK EMBRYO; DENDRITES; EYE; EYE ENUCLEATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0037020488     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00835-2     Document Type: Article

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