Endogenous versus exogenous markers of adult neurogenesis in canaries and other birds: Advantages and disadvantages

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 522, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 4100-4120

  Balthazart, Jacques ^a   Ball, Gregory F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromodeoxyuridine; Doublecortin; HVC; Markers of neurogenesis; Neuronal plasticity; Thymidine analogs

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; DNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA; DOUBLECORTIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; THYMIDINE DERIVATIVE; AVIAN PROTEIN; DOUBLECORTIN PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; THYMIDINE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIRD; BRAIN REGION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SERINUS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BRAIN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BIRDS; BRAIN; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CANARIES; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; THYMIDINE;

EID: 84911481565     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23661     Document Type: Review

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