Distribution of the neuronal gap junction protein connexin36 in the spinal cord enlargements of developing and adult opossums, monodelphis domestica

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-32

  Lemieux, Maxime ^a   Cabana, Thérèse ^b   Pflieger, Jean François ^b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Connexins; Development; Gap junction; Locomotion; Motor systems; Opossum; Sensory systems; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36; DEXTRAN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; NEURONAL TRACT TRACER; TEXAS RED; XANTHENE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; OPOSSUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTOSOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONNEXINS; DEXTRANS; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MONODELPHIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL TRACT-TRACERS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SPINAL CORD; XANTHENES;

DIDELPHIDAE; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA;

EID: 77950082198     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000282173     Document Type: Article

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