Increased astrocytic expression of metallothioneins I + II in brainstem of adult rats treated with 6-aminonicotinamide

Brain Research

Volumn 774, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 256-259

  Penkowa, Milena ^a   Hidalgo, Juan ^b   Moos, Torben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astrocytosis; Blood brain barrier; Gliosis; Macrophage; Microglia

Indexed keywords

6 AMINONICOTINAMIDE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIOSIS; GRAY MATTER; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

EID: 0031558662     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)81716-7     Document Type: Article

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