Growth-related changes in cell body size and succinate dehydrogenase activity of spinal motoneurons innervating the rat soleus muscle

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 461-469

  Ishihara, Akihiko ^a   Kawano, Fuminori ^b   Ishioka, Noriaki ^c   Oishi, Hirotaka ^c   Higashibata, Akira ^c   Shimazu, Toru ^d   Ohira, Yoshinobu ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d Japan Space Forum ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell body size; Fluorescent neuronal tracer; Postnatal growth; Soleus muscle; Spinal motoneuron; Succinate dehydrogenase activity

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL SIZE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

EID: 0344945351     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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