Evidence for sexual difference in astrocytes of adult rat hippocampus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 339, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-122

  Conejo, Nélida M ^a   González Pardo, Héctor ^a   Pedraza, Carmen ^b   Navarro, Francisco F ^b   Vallejo, Guillermo ^a   Arias, Jorge L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Hippocampus; Optical fractionator; Rat; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOMETRY;

EID: 0037457345     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)01484-2     Document Type: Article

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