GFAP null astrocytes are a favorable substrate for neuronal survival and neurite growth

GLIA

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 267-272

  Menet, Véronique ^a   Giménez Y Ribotta, Minerva ^a   Sandillon, Françoise ^a   Privat, Alain ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Coculture; Intermediate filaments; Neurite growth; Survival

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NESTIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOSKELETON; FETUS; GENETICS; GROWTH CONE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NEURITE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOSKELETON; FETUS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GROWTH CONES; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURITES; NEURONS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0033824641     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-1136(200009)31:3<267::AID-GLIA80>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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