Distribution and morphology of GFAP-positive astrocytes in the human fetal brain at second trimester

Neuroembryology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 50-63

  Rezaie, Payam ^a,c   Ulfig, Norbert ^b   Male, David ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrocyte progenitors; Cell differentiation; Gemistocyte; Microglia; Subplate

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROGLIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

EID: 0344011122     PISSN: 14248522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071021     Document Type: Article

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