Characterization of pontine neurons which respond to hypoxia in fetal sheep

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-36

  Nitsos, Ilias ^a   Walker, David W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apnea; Fetus; FOS protein; Hypotonia; Hypoxia; Retrograde labeling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APNEA; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FETUS; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CATECHOLAMINES; FEMALE; FETUS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PONS; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SHEEP; SPINAL CORD; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0344848714     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00249-9     Document Type: Article

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