Expression and plasticity of galanin systems in cortical neurons, oligodendrocyte progenitors and proliferative zones in normal brain and after spreading depression

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1362-1376

  Shen, Pei Juan ^a   Larm, Jari A ^a   Gundlach, Andrew L ^a,b  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Galanin receptor 1; Neurogenesis; Rat; Rostral migratory stream; Subventricular zone

Indexed keywords

GALANIN; GALANIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEOGLYCAN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION; STEM CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0141482015     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02860.x     Document Type: Article

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