Quantification of microglial late reaction to stereotactic irradiation of the rat brain using computer-aided image analysis

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-123

  Reinacher, Peter C ^a   Blum, Christoph ^a   Gass, Peter ^a   Karger, Christian P ^a   Debus, Jürgen ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain radiation effects; Computer assisted; Image processing; Immunohistochemistry; Microglia radiation effects; Radiosurgery; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FRONTAL LOBE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RAT; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

EID: 0032736126     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1999.7177     Document Type: Article

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