Comparative anatomy of the cerebellar cortex in mice lacking vimentin, GFAP, and both vimentin and GFAP

GLIA

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-83

  Giménez Y Ribotta, Minerva ^a   Langa, Francina ^b   Menet, Véronique ^a   Privat, Alain ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0043212444     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(200007)31:1<69::AID-GLIA70>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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