Identification of neuronal cell death in a model of degeneration in the hippocampus

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

  Eyüpoglu, Ilker Y ^a,b   Savaskan, Nicolai E ^a   Bräuer, Anja U ^a   Nitsch, Robert ^a   Heimrich, Bernd ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axotomy; Glial scar; Micro Ruby; Neuronal cell death

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; FLUORO JADE; GLUTAMIC ACID; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING;

EID: 0037354323     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(02)00186-1     Document Type: Article

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