Selective ablation of astrocytes by intracerebral injections of α- aminoadipate

GLIA

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 351-358

  Khurgel, Moshe ^a,b   Koo, Alice C ^a   Ivy, Gwen O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminoadipic acid; Amygdala; GFAP; Gliotoxin; Microglia; Neurotoxicity; S100

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOADIPIC ACID; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTION; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE DEGENERATION; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

2-AMINOADIPIC ACID; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; S100 PROTEINS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0030129697     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199604)16:4<351::AID-GLIA7>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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