Differential susceptibility of senile and lesion-induced astrogliosis to phosphatidylserine

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-86

  Jeglinski W ^a   Pepeu, G ^b   Oderfeld Nowak, B ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

astrogliosis; brain aging; brain lesions; GFAP; glial fibrillary acidic protein; phosphatidylserine; rat

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENILITY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN INJURIES; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOSIS; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 19244369084     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(96)00209-6     Document Type: Article

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