Age-related changes of glial fibrillary acidic protein immunoreactive astrocytes in the rat cerebellar cortex

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-172

  Sabbatini, Maurizio ^a   Barili, Paolo ^a   Bronzetti, Elena ^b   Zaccheo, Damiano ^c   Amenta, Francesco ^a  

^a Dipto Sci Farmacologiche Med S   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Astrocyte; Cerebellar cortex; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Image analysis; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033519433     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(99)00008-1     Document Type: Article

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