Cellular distribution of ferritin subunits in postnatal rat brain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 400, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-86

  Cheepsunthorn, Poonlarp ^a   Palmer, Charles ^a   Connor, James R ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system development; Iron; Microglia; Myelination; Oligodendrocytes

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GRAY MATTER; IRON KINETICS; IRON TRANSPORT; MICROGLIA; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; APOFERRITINS; BRAIN; FERRITINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032511729     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19981012)400:1<73::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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