Astrocytes in the aged rat spinal cord fail to increase GFAP mRNA following sciatic nerve axotomy

Brain Research

Volumn 759, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 163-165

  Kane, Cynthia J M ^a   Sims, Terry J ^a   Gilmore, Shirley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Astrocyte; Gene expression; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Neuroglia; Sciatic axotomy

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD;

AGING; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AXONS; DENERVATION; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0030805904     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00359-4     Document Type: Article

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