Reactive astrogliosis in neonatal rat spinal cord after exposure to cerebrospinal fluid from patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 295-298

  Shahani, Neelam ^a   Nalini, A ^a   Gourie Devi, M ^a   Raju, Trichur R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cerebrospinal fluid; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Reactive astrogliosis

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031913675     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6651     Document Type: Article

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