Ultrastructure of junction areas between neurons and astrocytes in rat supraoptic nuclei

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 117-121

  Duan, Li ^a   Yuan, Hua ^a   Su, Chang Jun ^b   Liu, Ying Ying ^a   Rao, Zhi Ren ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBENOXOLONE; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN FOS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GAP JUNCTION; HYPEROSMOLARITY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STAINING; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0347946713     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i1.117     Document Type: Article

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