Effects of colchicine on amoeboid microglial cells in the postnatal rat brain

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 453-462

  Kaur, Charanjit ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; COLCHICINE; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RHODAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; MICROGLIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHAGOSOME; RAT;

EID: 0031418322     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.60.453     Document Type: Article

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