Radial astrocytes: Toxic effects induced by antiepileptic drug in the developing rat hippocampus in vitro

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 142-150

  Fennrich, Stefan ^a   Ray, David ^b   Nau, Heinz ^c   Schlosshauer, Burkhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Development; Epilepsy; GFAP; Glutathione; Immunocytochemistry; Morphology; Roller culture; Valproate

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0031737295     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0171-9335(98)80082-4     Document Type: Article

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