Specialized membrane domains for water transport in glial cells: High- resolution immunogold cytochemistry of aquaporin-4 in rat brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 171-180

  Nielsen, So ^a   Nagelhus, Erlend Arnulf ^b   Amiry Moghaddam, Mahmood ^b   Bourque, Charles ^c   Agre, Peter ^d   Ottersen, Ole Retter ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aquaporin 4 water channel; brain water permeability; CSF; ependymal cells; glial cells; immunogold electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0031022918     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-01-00171.1997     Document Type: Article

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