Debris of "dark" (compacted) neurones are removed from an otherwise undamaged environment mainly by astrocytes via blood vessels

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 557-567

  Mázló, Mária ^a   Gasz, Balázs ^a   Szigeti, András ^a   Zsombok, Andrea ^a   Gallyas, Ferenc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DENSITY; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION; MICROGLIA; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENULE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROSHOCK; GLIOSIS; MACROPHAGES; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROGLIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; PHAGOCYTES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 20044385436     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11068-004-0517-5     Document Type: Article

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