Seasonal changes in astrocytes parallel neuronal plasticity in the song control area HVc of the canary

GLIA

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 88-100

  Kafitz, Karl W ^a,c   Güttinger, Hans R ^a   Müller, Christian M ^b,d  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Dye coupling; Gap junction; Plasticity; Song system

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BIOTIN; COLORING AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROBIOTIN; VIMENTIN;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CANARY; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SONGBIRD;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOTIN; CANARIES; CELL COUNT; COLORING AGENTS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0345161568     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199907)27:1<88::AID-GLIA9>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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