Dynamics of astrocyte adhesion as analyzed by a combination of atomic force microscopy and immunocytochemistry: The involvement of actin filaments and connexin 43 in the early stage of adhesion

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 355-361

  Yamane, Yukako ^a   Shiga, Hatsuki ^a   Asou, Hiroaki ^b   Haga, Hisashi ^a   Kawabata, Kazushige ^a   Abe, Kazuhiro ^c   Ito, Etsuro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL ADHESION; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0032763905     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.62.355     Document Type: Article

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