In situ demonstration of T cell activation and elimination in the peripheral nervous system during experimental autoimmune neuritis in the Lewis rat

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 360-367

  Zettl, Uwe K ^a,b   Gold, Ralf ^a   Toyka, Klaus V ^a   Hartung, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Experimental autoimmune neuritis; Guillain Barre Strohl syndrome; Peripheral nervous system

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; LYMPHOID CELL; NEURITIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURITIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029970247     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050437     Document Type: Article

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