Microglial reaction in some CNS nuclei following nerves transection in BALB/c and interferon-γ gene knockout mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 207-210

  Ng, Yee Kong ^a   Yong, Voon Wee ^b   Ling, Eng Ang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complement type 3 receptor; Gene knock out mice; Interferon ; Microglia; Neurectomy

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFERON TYPE II; MACROPHAGE-1 ANTIGEN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROGLIA; NEURONS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0033548636     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00076-2     Document Type: Article

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