Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) immunohistochemistry in human cortex: A quantitative study using different antisera

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-32

  Halliday, Glenda M ^a,c   Cullen, Karen M ^a   Kril, Jillian J ^a,b   Harding, Antony J ^a   Harasty, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Cortex; Human; Immunohistochemistry; Neuropathology; Quantitation

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029990047     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12592-1     Document Type: Article

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