Synaptic lesions and synaptophysin distribution change in spinal motoneurons at early stages following sciatic nerve transection in neonatal rats

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-103

  Tiraihi, Taki ^a   Rezaie, Mohammed Jaffer ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Axotomy; Motoneuron; Spinal cord; Synapse; Synaptophysin

Indexed keywords

PEROXIDASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; TISSUE SLICE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0742272042     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devbrainres.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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