Embryonic development of choline acetyltransferase and nitric oxide synthase in the spinal cord of pigeons and chickens with special reference to the superficial dorsal horn

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-154

  Necker, R ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Column of Terni; Mechanoreception; Motoneurons; Nociception; Preganglionic neurons; Spinal laminae

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CHICKEN; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MATURATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COLUMBIDAE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; SPINAL CORD;

AVES; COLUMBA; GALLUS GALLUS; LAMIINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 26944503816     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-005-0018-4     Document Type: Article

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