Transgenic labeling of the corticospinal tract for monitoring axonal responses to spinal cord injury

Nature Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1355-1360

  Bareyre, Florence M ^a   Kerschensteiner, Martin ^a   Misgeld, Thomas ^a   Sanes, Joshua R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; NERVE REGENERATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STAINING AND LABELING;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 28644436113     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm1331     Document Type: Article

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