The astroglial response to Wallerian degeneration after spinal cord injury in humans

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 424-432

  Puckett, W R ^a   Hiester, E D ^a   Norenberg, M D ^a   Marcillo, A E ^a   Bunge, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; GFAP; Human spinal cord injury; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROGLIA; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0031418288     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6692     Document Type: Article

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