The number of Purkinje neurons and their topology in the cerebellar vermis of normal and reln haplodeficient mouse

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 207, Issue , 2016, Pages 68-75

  Magliaro, Chiara ^a   Cocito, Carolina ^b   Bagatella, Stefano ^b   Merighi, Adalberto ^b   Ahluwalia, Arti ^a   Lossi, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Gender; Neurological disorder; Purkinje cells; Reeler

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; REELIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE PROTEIN; REELIN PROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CROSS BREEDING; DIGITAL IMAGING; DISPERSION; FEMALE; GENETIC BACKGROUND; GENOTYPE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PURKINJE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLAR VERMIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HAPLOTYPES; MALE; MICE; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PURKINJE CELLS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84989841273     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: 16180402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2016.02.009     Document Type: Article

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