Microglial activation and tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity in the substantia nigral region following transient focal ischemia in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-67

  Huh, Youngbuhm ^a   Jung, Ji Wook ^b   Park, Chan ^a   Ryu, Jae Ryun ^c   Shin, Chan Young ^c   Kim, Won Ki ^d   Ryu, Jong Hoon ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ischemia; Microglia; Remote area; Substantia nigra; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; OX42 ANTIBODY; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; TYROSINE HYDROXYLASE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICROGLIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0142011572     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00743-2     Document Type: Article

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