Long-term changes in glial fibrillary acidic protein and glutamine synthetase immunoreactivities in the supraoptic nucleus of portacaval shunted rats

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 369-379

  Suarez I ^a   Bodega, G ^a   Arilla, E ^a   Fernandez B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; GFAP; glutamate; GS; portacaval shunt

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PORTACAVAL SHUNT, SURGICAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030456377     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02029497     Document Type: Article

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