Tracing of fluoro-gold prelabeled microglia injected into the adult rat brain

GLIA

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 84-88

  Pennell, Nathan A ^a   Streit, Wolfgang J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Perivascular cells; Pinocytosis; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FLUORESCENT LABELING; FLUORO GOLD; MICROGLIA; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROGLIA; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STILBAMIDINES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032080050     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199805)23:1<84::AID-GLIA8>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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