Response of amoeboid and differentiating ramified microglia to glucocorticoids in postnatal rats: A lectin histochemical and ultrastructural study

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 235-244

  Wu, C H ^a   Chien, H F ^b   Chang, C Y ^c   Chen, S H ^a   Huang, Y S ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amoeboid microglia; Cortisone; Dexamethasone; Differentiating ramified microglia; Differentiation; Lectin histochemistry; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LECTIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LABELING; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOLGI COMPLEX; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSOSOME; MICROGLIA; MICROSCOPY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SIZE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORTISONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; LECTINS; MICROGLIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGANELLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VACUOLES;

EID: 0034936566     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(01)00231-0     Document Type: Article

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