Evidence for reactive astrocytes in rat vestibular and cochlear nuclei following unilateral inner ear lesion

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2006-2018

  De Waele, C ^a   Campos Torres, A ^a   Josset, P ^b   Vidal, P P ^a  

^a l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^b ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Deafferentation; Double labelling; GFAP; Glia; Immunocytochemistry; Unilateral labyrinthectomy; Vestibular compensation; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

DIAMINOBENZIDINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CEREBELLUM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; EPENDYMA CELL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNER EAR DISEASE; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

EID: 0029784672     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb01344.x     Document Type: Article

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