Basal ganglia calcification induced by excitotoxicity: An experimental model characterised by electron microscopy and X-ray microanalysis

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 217-225

  Mahy, Nicole ^a   Prats, Alberto ^a   Riveros, Alberto ^a,b   Andrés, Noemí ^a   Bernal, Fabián ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aluminium silicates; Basal ganglia diseases; Electron probe microanalysis; Excitatory amino acids; Hydroxyapatites

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM SILICATE; CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; IBOTENIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM ION; SILICONE; SULFUR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FAHR DISEASE; FOREBRAIN; MALE; MICROGLIA; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANIMALS; ANTHRAQUINONES; ASTROCYTES; BASAL GANGLIA; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GLIOSIS; HYDROXYAPATITES; MALE; MICROGLIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032845449     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010051072     Document Type: Article

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