Increased expression of the neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) gene product, neurofibromin, in astrocytes in response to cerebral ischemia

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 246-253

  Giordano, M J ^a   Mahadeo, D K ^a   He, Y Y ^a   Geist, R T ^a   Hsu, C ^a   Gutmann, D H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebral ischemia; neurofibromin; reactive astrocytes; stroke

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROFIBROMIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIOSIS; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; GENES, NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROFIBROMIN 1; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; RATS; TUBULIN; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0030024310     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19960115)43:2<246::AID-JNR12>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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