Transient expression of acetylcholinesterase in the posterior ventral cochlear nucleus of rat brain

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 391-403

  Morley, Barbara J ^a,c   Warr, W Bruce ^a   Rodriguez Sierra, Jorge ^b  

^a BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Boys Tow National Research Hosiptal   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Development; Octopus cell; Posterior ventral cochlear nucleus; Postnatal; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OCTOPUS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; CARBOCYANINES; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 13844294252     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-004-5015-4     Document Type: Article

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