Identification of the glial cell types containing carnosine-related peptides in the rat brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-40

  De Marchis, Silvia ^a   Melcangi, Roberto Cosimo ^b   Modena, Chiara ^a   Cavaretta, Ilaria ^b   Peretto, Paolo ^a   Agresti, Cristina ^c   Fasolo, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Carnosine; Cell culture; Central nervous system; Immunocytochemistry; Oligodendrocytes; Rat

Indexed keywords

2',3' CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE 3' PHOSPHODIESTERASE; ANTIOXIDANT; CARNOSINE; FREE RADICAL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

2',3'-CYCLIC-NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANSERINE; ASTROCYTES; CARNOSINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030704296     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00800-8     Document Type: Article

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