Developmental and cell type-specific expression of the neuronal marker NeuN in the murine cerebellum

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 400-409

  Weyer, Anja ^a   Schilling, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Granule cell; Lineage; NeuN; Nuclear antigen

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; NEUN ANTIGEN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRUSH BORDER; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBELLUM; DEPOLARIZATION; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STELLATE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; NEURONS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0041670904     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10655     Document Type: Article

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