Transsynaptic changes of neurons and associated microglial reaction in the spinal cord of rats following middle cerebral artery occlusion

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-44

  Wu, Yun Ping ^a   Ling, Eng Ang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Immune electron microscopy; Microglial reaction; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Spinal neurons; Transneuronal degeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MICROGLIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032582453     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00750-2     Document Type: Article

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