Plasticity of astrocytes derived from aged mouse cerebral hemispheres: Changes with cell passage and immortalization

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 211-217

  Grove, Jerome ^a   Gomez, Julissa ^a   Kentroti, Susan ^a   Vernadakis, Antonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged mouse brain cultures; Aging; Astrocytes; Glutamine synthetase; Growth factors; Immortalized astrocytes

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GROWTH FACTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL MOTILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMISPHERE; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMOBILIZED CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

EID: 0029881848     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(95)02130-2     Document Type: Article

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