Ultrastructure of Purkinje cell perikarya and their dendritic processes in the rat cerebellar cortex in experimental encephalopathy induced by chronic application of valproate

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 337-348

  Sobaniec Lotowska, Maria E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cerebellar cortex; Dendrites; Encephalopathy; Purkinje cell perikarya; Rats; Ultrastructure; Valproate

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DISEASE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GOLGI COMPLEX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; DENDRITES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0035688931     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2613.2001.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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