IFNγ enhances microglial reactions to hippocampal axonal degeneration

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3612-3621

  Jensen, Michael B ^a,b   Hegelund, Iørn V ^a   Lomholt, Nina D ^a,b   Finsen, Bente ^a   Owens, Trevor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axonal lesioning; Fascia dentata; Microglia; Oligodendrocytes; Transgenic mice; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MESSENGER RNA; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CD11B ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE LESION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; DENERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PERFORANT NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AXONS; DENERVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERFERON TYPE II; MACROPHAGE-1 ANTIGEN; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROGLIA; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; NERVE DEGENERATION; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PERFORANT PATHWAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0034656415     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-10-03612.2000     Document Type: Article

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