Striking neuronal thymosin beta 4 expression in the deep layers of the mouse superior colliculus after monocular deprivation

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-91

  Paulussen, Melissa ^a   Arckens, Lutgarde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; Multimodal integration; Neurite outgrowth; Neurorestorative; Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

THYMOSIN BETA4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENUCLEATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MONOCULAR DEPRIVATION; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; EYE ENUCLEATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; THYMOSIN; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84856298885     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-011-0330-0     Document Type: Article

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