Rapid morphological changes in astrocytes are accompanied by redistribution but not by quantitative changes of cytoskeletal proteins

GLIA

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 102-115

  Gorath, Michaela ^a   Stahnke, Thomas ^a   Mronga, Thomas ^a   Goldbaum, Olaf ^a   Richter Landsberg, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell culture; dBcAMP; Neuron glia interaction; Neuroplasticity; Rho GTPases

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTININ; BUCLADESINE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GENISTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GROWTH INHIBITOR; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPID; TUBULIN; VINCULIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ACTININ; ACTINS; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; BUCLADESINE; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENISTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GROWTH INHIBITORS; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPIDS; RATS; TUBULIN; VINCULIN;

EID: 0034798997     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.1099     Document Type: Article

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