Soman-induced seizures rapidly activate astrocytes and microglia in discrete brain regions

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 378, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 482-492

  Zimmer, L A ^a   Ennis, M ^a   Shipley, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

glia; hippocampus; macrophages; organophosphates; piriform cortex

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3 RECEPTOR; GENE PRODUCT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN C FOS; SOMAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROGLIA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CONVULSANTS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROGLIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, COMPLEMENT; SEIZURES; SOMAN; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0031046009     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970224)378:4<482::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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