Neurochemical and structural organization of the principal nucleus of the inferior olive in the human

Anatomical Record

Volumn 294, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1198-1216

  Baizer, Joan S ^a   Sherwood, Chet C ^b   Hof, Patrick R ^c   Witelson, Sandra F ^d   Sultan, Fahad ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Cerebral cortex; Climbing fibers

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; LIPOFUSCIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PARVALBUMIN; RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR OLIVE; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 79959194202     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21400     Document Type: Article

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