Selective lesion of the developing central noradrenergic system: Short- and long-term effects and reinnervation by noradrenergic-rich tissue grafts

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 761-771

  Coradazzi, Marino ^a   Gulino, Rosario ^b   Garozzo, Sebastiano ^b   Leanza, Giampiero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

neural transplantation; neurotoxic lesion; noradrenaline; rat; target reinnervation

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; IMMUNOTOXIN; NORADRENALIN; OXIDOPAMINE; SAPORIN; NEUROTOXIN; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; GRAY MATTER; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINNERVATION; TISSUE GRAFT; WHITE MATTER; ANIMAL; BRAIN TRANSPLANTATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CYTOLOGY; DENERVATION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REACTION TIME; TIME; TOXICITY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; DENERVATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEINS, TYPE 1; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954332683     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06800.x     Document Type: Article

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