Astrocytic Response in Hippocampus and Cerebral Cortex in an Experimental Epilepsy Model

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 371-377

  Girardi, Elena ^a   Ramos, Alberto Javier ^a   Vanore, Gabriela ^a   Brusco, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Astroglial cells; Epilepsy; GFAP; Neuroglial relationship; S100

Indexed keywords

3 MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN S100B;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL FUNCTION; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEIZURE;

3-MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; S100 PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 1242291754     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NERE.0000013739.15160.a8     Document Type: Article

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