Retinal gliopathy accompanying thioacetamide-induced liver insufficiency: Light and electron microscopic observations

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-66

  Albrecht, Jan ^a   Gadamski, Roman ^a   Kuhrt, Heidrun ^b   Walski, Micha ^a   Reichenbach, Andreas ^b  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatic encephalopathy; Liver insufficiency; Muller glia; Rat; Thioacetamide

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; THIOACETAMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SWELLING; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLIA CELL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATIC RETINOPATHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER FAILURE; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINOPATHY;

ANIMALS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE SYNTHASE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; RATS; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; THIOACETAMIDE;

EID: 0031805202     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050860     Document Type: Article

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