An immunohistochemical study of the development of sensorimotor components of the early fetal human spinal cord

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 313-324

  Clowry, Gavin J ^a,b   Moss, Jennifer A ^a   Clough, R Lee ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EphA4; Er81; Motoneurone; Parvalbumin; Proprioreceptive afferents

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN A4; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEUROMODULIN; PARVALBUMIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ER81;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SPINAL GANGLION; SYNAPSE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SPINAL CORD;

RODENTIA;

EID: 26944493323     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2005.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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