Remote astroglial response associated with synaptic degeneration results in a net increase of perisynaptic glial fibrillary acidic protein

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 47, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 173-179

  Hajos F ^a   Jancsik, Veronika ^a   Sotonyi P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Degeneration; GFAP; Immunoblotting; Rat; Synapse

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DENERVATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE DEGENERATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SYNAPSE; UPREGULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; DENERVATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; RATS; SYNAPSES; UP-REGULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0030337968     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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