Immunohistochemical localization of intraneuronal transferrin receptor immunoreactivity in the adult mouse central nervous system

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 375, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 675-692

  Moos, Torben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

blood brain barrier; cerebral cortex; iron; nutrition; oxidative damage

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRON; MALE; MICE; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0029976834     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961125)375:4<675::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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