Immunohistochemical study of amoeboid microglial cells in fetal rat brain

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 567-574

  Wang, C C ^a   Wu, C H ^b   Shieh, J Y ^a   Wen, C Y ^a   Ling, E A ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antigen expression; Glia

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3 RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CORPUS STRIATUM; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD45; BRAIN; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MACROPHAGE-1 ANTIGEN; MACROPHAGES; MICROGLIA; RATS;

EID: 0030461279     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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