Region-specific activation of microglial cells in the rat septal complex following fimbria-fornix transection

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 390, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 481-496

  Hollerbach, Ewald H ^a   Haas, Carola A ^a   Hildebrandt, Heika ^a   Frotscher, Michael ^a   Naumann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

192 IgG saporin; Axotomy; Glial cell; GSA I B4 histochemistry; Neuronal degeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN INJURY; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL SURVIVAL; FLUORESCENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AXOTOMY; DENERVATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOTOXINS; MICROGLIA; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; STILBAMIDINES;

EID: 0031973979     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980126)390:4<481::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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