Relationship between ribosomal RNA gene transcription activity and motoneuron death: Observations of avulsion and axotomy of the facial nerve in rats

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 435-442

  Nagasao, Jun ^a,b,c   Hayashi, Yuichi ^c,d   Kawazoe, Yoko ^c   Kawakami, Emiko ^c   Watabe, Kazuhiko ^c   Oyanagi, Kiyomitsu ^c  

^a The Japan Foundation   (Japan)

^b Japan Foundation for Aging and Health   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Morphometry; Regeneration; Retrograde degeneration

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASMIC RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL DEATH; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; MOTONEURON DEATH; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; BRAIN STEM; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CYTOPLASM; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, RRNA; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 38849132930     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21495     Document Type: Article

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