Evidence that the influence of ganglion cell axons on astrocyte morphology is mediated by action spike activity during development

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-184

  Gargini, Claudia ^a,d   Deplano, Stefania ^b   Bisti, Silvia ^c,d   Stone, Jonathan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cat; Macroglia; Stellation; TTX

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 PHOSPHONOBUTYRIC ACID; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CAT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GANGLION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; NEUROFILAMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; SPIKE WAVE; STELLATE CELL;

EID: 0032191367     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(98)00101-1     Document Type: Article

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