Natural and lesion-induced apoptosis in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus during development

Brain Research

Volumn 1344, Issue , 2010, Pages 62-76

  Zacharaki, T ^a   Sophou, S ^a   Giannakopoulou, A ^a   Dinopoulos, A ^a   Antonopoulos, J ^a   Parnavelas, J G ^b   Dori, I ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cortical lesion; Development; Enucleation; LGN; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENUCLEATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VISUAL CORTEX;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CELL COUNT; EYE ENUCLEATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENICULATE BODIES; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 77953913140     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.05.021     Document Type: Article

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