Postnatal development of inflammation in a murine model of Niemann-Pick type C disease: Immunohistochemical observations of microglia and astroglia

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 887-903

  Baudry, Michel ^a   Yao, Yuequin ^a   Simmons, Danielle ^a   Liu, Jihua ^a   Bi, Xiaoning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Cholesterol; Cytokines; Inflammation; Microglia; Neurodegeneration; Neurological disorders; Niemann Pick type C disease

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; GENE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROGLIA; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NIEMANN PICK TYPE C 1 GENE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0842320913     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4886(03)00345-5     Document Type: Article

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