Quantitative and ultrastructural changes in gila and pericytes in the parietal cortex of the aging rat

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-42

  Peinado, Maria A ^a   Quesada, Adoracion ^a   Pedrosa, Juan A ^a   Torres, Maria I ^a   Martinez, Manuel ^a   Esteban, Francisco J ^a   Del Moral, Maria L ^a   Hernandez, Raquel ^a   Rodrigo, Jose ^a,b   Peinado, Jose M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Astrocytes; Microglia; Oligodendrocytes; Parietal cortex; Pericytes; Rat

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY;

ASTROCYTE; CELL TYPES; GLIAL CELLS; MICROGLIA; OLIGODENDROCYTES; PARIETAL CORTICES; PERICYTES; QUANTITATIVE CHANGES; ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES; VASCULAR WALL;

RATS;

TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CELL INCLUSION; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PARIETAL LOBE; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT;

EID: 20244363484     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19981001)43:1<34::AID-JEMT6>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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