GFAP promoter-controlled EGFP-expressing transgenic mice: A tool to visualize astrocytes and astrogliosis in living brain tissue

GLIA

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 72-86

  Nolte, Christiane ^a   Matyash, Marina ^a   Pivneva, Tatjyana ^b   Schipke, Carola G ^a   Ohlemeyer, Carsten ^a   Hanisch, Uwe Karsten ^a   Kirchhoff, Frank ^c   Kettenmann, Helmut ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c BOGOMOLETZ INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Astrogliosis; Brain slice; Ca2+ imaging; EGFP; GFAP; Immunohistochemistry; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENETIC REGULATION; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR MARKER; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHWANN CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VOLTAGE GATED CHANNEL FORMING PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOSIS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0035132767     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-1136(20010101)33:1<72::AID-GLIA1007>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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