Developmental changes in astrocyte density in the macaque perifoveal region

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1331-1341

  Distler, C ^a   Kopatz, K ^a   Telkes, I ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Macaque monkey; TUNEL method

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DENSITY; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTES; CELL COUNT; EYE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 0034007746     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00029.x     Document Type: Article

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