A nuclear microscopic study of elemental changes in the rat hippocampus after kainate-induced neuronal injury

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1574-1579

  Ong, Wei Yi ^a   Ren, Min Qin ^a   Makjanić, Jagoda ^a   Lim, Tit Meng ^a   Watt, Frank ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Astrocytes; Calcium; Excitotoxicity; Macrophages; Nuclear microscope

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IRON; KAINIC ACID; OXYGEN RADICAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IRON KINETICS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CALCIUM; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; KAINIC ACID; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXINS; NISSL BODIES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0032994492     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.721574.x     Document Type: Article

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