Expression pattern of calcitonin gene-related peptide in the superior colliculus during postnatal development: Demonstration of its intrinsic nature and possible roles

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 494, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 721-737

  Gerrikagoitia, Inmaculada ^a   García Del Caño, Gontzal ^a   Canudas, Jesús ^b   Sarasa, Manuel ^b   Martínez Millán, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antisense oligonucleotides; Immunohistochemistry; Peptidergic systems; Rat mesencephalon; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CELL COUNT; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 30144434908     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20834     Document Type: Article

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