Enriched immune-environment of blood-brain barrier deficient areas of normal adult rats

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 117-131

  Pedersen, Erik B ^a   McNulty, John A ^b   Castro, Anthony J ^b   Fox, Linda M ^b   Zimmer, Jens ^a   Finsen, Bente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Area postrema; Circumventricular organ; Corpus pineale; Glia; Ia antigen; Macrophage; Microglia; Subfornical organ

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL SUBPOPULATION; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; MALE; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBFORNICAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD11; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD45; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROGLIA; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY;

EID: 0030916362     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(97)00038-6     Document Type: Article

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