Identification of transient microglial cell colonies in the forebrain white matter of developing rats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 387, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 371-384

  Earle, Kylie L ^a   Mitrofanis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amoeboid cells; Biotinylated dextran; Corpus callosum; External capsule; Internal capsule

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL LABELING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; INJECTION SITE; MICROGLIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; WHITE MATTER;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN; MICROGLIA; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETICULAR FORMATION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030882911     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971027)387:3<371::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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