Immunohistochemical detection of StarD6 in the rat nervous system

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1615-1619

  Chang, In Youb ^a,b   Kim, Jin Ho ^a   Hwang, Gul ^a   Song, Peter I ^b,d   Song, Rack Jong ^c   Kim, Jung Woo ^c   Yoon, Sang Pil ^c  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Chosun University   (South Korea)

^c Seonam University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Nervous system; Neurosteroid; StarD6

Indexed keywords

STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 34748850065     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3282f0402f     Document Type: Article

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