Comparative study of astrocytes in human and rabbit retinae

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1707-1711

  Triviño, Alberto ^a   Ramírez, José M ^a   Ramírez, Ana I ^a   Salazar, Juan J ^a   García Sanchez, Julián ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Glial cell; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Human; Rabbit; Retina; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBERS; RABBITS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0342506833     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00021-7     Document Type: Article

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