Astrocyte changes in aging cerebral cortex and hippocampus: A quantitative immunohistochemical study

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-33

  Amenta, Francesco ^a,d   Bronzetti, Elena ^b   Sabbatini, Maurizio ^a   Vega, José Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^d Dipto Sci Farmacologiche Med S   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Astrocyte; Frontal cortex; Hippocampus; Immunohistochemistry; Rat

Indexed keywords

PATHOLOGY;

AGE-RELATED; ASTROCYTE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLIAL CELLS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STUDIES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SUBFIELDS;

RATS;

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERTROPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROGLIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032191725     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19981001)43:1<29::AID-JEMT5>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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