Absence of neuronal and glial proteins in human and rat leptomeninges in situ

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 21-23

  Calingasan, Noel Y ^a   Bernstein, Jerald J ^b   Blass, John P ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

arachnoid; fibronectin; glial antigen; immunocytochemistry; leptomeninges; neuronal antigen; pia mater; vimentin

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LEPTOMENINX; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ARACHNOID; CHILD; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PIA MATER; RATS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0030447433     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(96)00189-X     Document Type: Article

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