Choline acetyltransferase immunoreactivity in the developing brain of Xenopus laevis

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 453, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 418-434

  Lpez, Jess M ^a   Smeets, Wilhelmus J A J ^b   Gonzlez, Agustn ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Amphibians; Anura; Brain; Development

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EPIPHYSIS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0037175343     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10419     Document Type: Article

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