Redistribution and degeneration of retinal astrocytes in experimental murine cerebral malaria: Relationship to disruption of the blood-retinal barrier

GLIA

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-64

  Medana, Isabelle M ^a   Chan Ling, Tailoi ^a   Hunt, Nicholas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Dexamethasone; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Gliosis; Immunopathology; Retina

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; BROXURIDINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; CBA MOUSE; DBA MOUSE; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALARIA; METABOLISM; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ARABINOSE; ASTROCYTES; BLOOD-RETINAL BARRIER; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, INBRED DBA; MONOCYTES; RATS; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

EID: 0029799344     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199601)16:1<51::AID-GLIA6>3.3.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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