Morphologic Changes in Cultured Astroeytes After Exposure to Glutamate

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 255-267

  Noble, L J ^a   Hall, J J ^a   Chen, S ^a   Chan, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMAL; ASTROCYTES; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATES; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026476704     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1992.9.255     Document Type: Article

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