Differential distribution of growth associated protein (GAP-43) in the motor nuclei of the adult rat conus medullaris

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 527-531

  Warner, Elizabeth A ^a   DeYoung, Dustin Z ^a   Hoang, Thao X ^a   Franchini, Brett T ^a   Westerlund, Ulf ^a,b   Havton, Leif A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Choline acetyltransferase; Confocal microscopy; Onuf's nucleus

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NEUROMODULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; EFFERENT NERVE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNERVATION; INTESTINE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MEDULLARY CONE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TISSUE SECTION; URETHRA;

ANIMALS; GAP-43 PROTEIN; MALE; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 15244362570     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-2097-5     Document Type: Article

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