Development of the early axon scaffold in the rostral brain of the chick embryo

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 203-216

  Ware, Michelle ^a   Schubert, Frank R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early axon scaffold; Medial longitudinal fascicle; Prosomeric model; Tract of the posterior commisure; Tract of the postoptic commissure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CHICK EMBRYO; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TUBULIN;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79960089270     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01389.x     Document Type: Article

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