Expression of the glucocorticoid receptor in early and late passage C-6 glioma cells and in normal astrocytes derived from aged mouse cerebral hemispheres

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 329-335

  Moutsatsou, P ^a   Kazazoglou, T ^b   Fleischer Lambropoulos, H ^b   Psarra, A M G ^a   Tsiapara, A ^a   Sekeris, C E ^a   Stefanis, C ^b   Vernadakis, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ASTROCYTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; GLIOMA CELL; HEMISPHERE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; ASTROCYTOMA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL AGING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICE; RATS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034107862     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5748(99)00102-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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