An ultrastructural study of the phagocytic activity of astrocytes in adult rat brain

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 257-262

  Al Ali, S Y ^a   Al Hussain, S M ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Rat, astrocytes, phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

CARBON COLLOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREIGN BODY; LYSOSOME; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARENCHYMA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CARBON; FOREIGN BODIES; MACROPHAGES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0029869927     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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