Developmental changes in spinal motoneuron dendrites in neonatal mice

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 483, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 304-317

  Li, Yan ^a,c   Brewer, Diana ^a   Burke, Robert E ^a,d   Ascoli, Giorgio A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrite growth; Dendrite reconstruction; Quantitative morphology

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC CELL; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYSINE; MICE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 13244265508     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20438     Document Type: Article

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