Experiment 1152746

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PropertyValue
Pharmacology
OrganismEmpty organism
CitationBIRD,MM:. (1984). THE EFFECTS OF TAXOL ON EMBRYONIC CHICK TECTUM MAINTAINED IN CULTURE: AN ELECTRON MICROSCOPE STUDY.. 89(2)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseTAXOL CAUSED ABNORMALITIES OF THE CYTOSKELETAL ELEMENTS, BUT DID NOT CAUSE A DISRUPTION IN THE OVERALL INTEGRITY OF THE EXPLANT. THE NUMBER OF INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS WAS INCREASED IN BOTH NEURONAL AND GLIAL CELLS. VERY LARGE NUMBERS OF MICROTUBULES WERE PRESENT, SOME OF WHICH WERE ALIGNED, BUT MOST FORMED LARGE BUNDLES IN THE NEURONAL BODIES AND PROCESSES. SOME OF THESE BUNDLES WERE ASSOCIATED WITH A NETWORK OF INTERMICROTUBULE SUBSTANCE.
Dose amount2.0 MICROMOLS
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalCHICK EMBRYO
Dose expressionCONC USED