The fate of biodegradable microspheres injected into rat brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 323, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 85-88

  Nicholas, Anthony P ^a   McInnis, Carey ^a   Gupta, Kiran B ^a   Snow, William W ^a   Love, Darryl F ^b   Mason, David W ^b   Ferrell, Teresa M ^b   Staas, Jay K ^b   Tice, Thomas R ^b  

^a The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Glia; Huntington disease; Microglia; Parkinson disease; Poly D,L lactide co glycolide microspheres

Indexed keywords

COUMARIN; COUMARIN 6; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MICROSPHERE; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; POLYGLACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BRAIN; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MICROSPHERES; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0037177451     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)02534-4     Document Type: Article

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