Patterns of dye coupling in lumbar motor nuclei of the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 454, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-41

  Coleman, Allison Marie ^a   Sengelaub, Dale Robert ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gap junctions; Motoneuron; Sexual dimorphism; Spinal cord; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; DYE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; OLEAMIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULBOCAVERNOSUS SPINAL NUCLEUS; CASTRATION; CELL LABELING; DORSOLATERAL SPINAL NUCLEUS; GAP JUNCTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; INTERNEURON; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETRODORSOLATERAL SPINAL NUCLEUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; STAINING;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; COLORING AGENTS; DIFFUSION; GAP JUNCTIONS; INTERNEURONS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MOTOR NEURONS; OLEIC ACIDS; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPINAL CORD; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0037078412     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10438     Document Type: Article

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