Astrocyte subtypes in the gray matter of injured human cerebral cortex: A transmission electron microscope study

Brain Injury

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 291-304

  Castejón, Orlando J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; LIPOFUSCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CELL POPULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLIA CELL; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARIETAL LOBE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032917196     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026990599121665     Document Type: Article

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