Total number of astrocytes in the molecular layer of the dentate gyrus of rats at different ages

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 279-285

  Pilegaard, Kirsten ^a   Ladefoged, Ole ^a  

^a National Food Agency of Denmark   (Denmark)

Author keywords

astrocyte hyperplasia; astrocytes; Cavalieri principle; dentate gyrus; glial fibrillary acidic protein; immunohistochemistry; optical fractionator; stereology

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COUNT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FRACTIONATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; DENTATE GYRUS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0029821270     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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