Age-related Changes in Astrocytes and Microvasculature in the Median Eminence of the Rat

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-138

  Ike, Hiromi ^a   Tamada, Yoshitaka ^a   Uemura, Mamoru ^a   Ishihara, Akihiko ^b   Suwa, Fumihiko ^a   Ibata, Yasuhiko ^c  

^a OSAKA DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Immunocytochemistry; Median eminence; Microvasculature; Rat

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CAPILLARY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; GLIA CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TANYCYTE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1842683779     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.37.129     Document Type: Article

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