Ependymal development, proliferation, and functions: A review

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 2-13

  Bruni, J E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytopatholog y; Embryogenesis; Ependyma; Functions; Immunoreactivity; Mitosis; Review; Tanycytes

Indexed keywords

PROTEINS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CYTOPATHOLOG Y; CYTOSKELETAL; EMBRYOGENESIS; EMBRYONICS; EPENDYMA; IMMUNOREACTIVITIES; MITOSIS; REGIONAL GRADIENTS; TANYCYTES; TEMPORAL GRADIENTS;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID;

CYTOKERATIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100; SECRETORY PROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPENDYMA CELL; FETUS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TANYCYTE;

EID: 0032053752     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19980401)41:1<2::AID-JEMT2>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Review

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