Pax7 expression in the adult rat superior colliculus following optic nerve injury

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-109

  Thomas, Meghan G ^a,c   Barker, Roger A ^b,d   Beazley, Lyn D ^a,b   Ziman, Melanie R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deafferentation; Pax7; Pax7 neurons; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOSIS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; PAX7 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33847035189     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e328010ff29     Document Type: Article

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