Green-fluorescent-protein-expressing mice as models for the study of axonal growth and regeneration in vitro

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 160-169

  Hechler, Daniel ^a   Nitsch, Robert ^a   Hendrix, Sven ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

actin EGFP; Organotypic hippocampal entorhinal brain slices; Tau EGFP; Thy 1.2 EGFP; Tracing

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELL MARKER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN; THY ANTIGEN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENAL GLAND; AXOPLASM; BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL LABELING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COCULTURE; CYTOPLASM; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPLANT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC LINE; HAIR; HEART; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMOZYGOSITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE; JELLYFISH; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MOUSE STRAIN; MUSCLE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SKIN; SPLEEN CELL; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TESTIS; THYMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICOKINETICS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VERTEBRATE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NERVE REGENERATION;

EID: 33745876541     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2006.01.005     Document Type: Review

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