A morphometric evaluation of morphological types of microglia and astroglia in human fetal mesencephalon

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-35

  Wierzba Bobrowicz, Teresa ^a   Lechowicz, Waldemar ^a   Kosno Kruszewska, Elzbieta ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ameboid and ramified microglia; Astroglia; Human fetus; Immunocytochemistry; Mesencephalon; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MESENCEPHALON; MICROGLIA; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TEGMENTUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ASTROCYTES; CELL SIZE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MESENCEPHALON; MICROGLIA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 0030624766     PISSN: 00283894     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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