Enzyme histochemical identification of microglial cells in the retina of a fish (Tinca tinca)

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 263, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 101-104

  Velasco, Almudena ^a   Jimeno, David ^a   Lillo, Concepción ^a   Caminos, Elena ^a   Lara, Juan M ^a   Aijón, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glial cells; Nucleotide diphosphatase; Retina; Teleost; Visual System

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATASE; PURINE NUCLEOSIDE; PURINE NUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL REGENERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FISH; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLYSIS; MICROGLIA; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; TELEOST; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACID ANHYDRIDE HYDROLASES; ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROGLIA; RETINA;

EID: 0033605508     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00117-2     Document Type: Article

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