Intracerebral injection of interferon-gamma inhibits the astrocyte proliferation following the brain injury in the 6-day-old rat

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1018-1022

  Pawliński, Rafał ^a   Janeczko, Krzysztof ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Developing brain; Injury; Interferon gamma; Proliferation; Rat

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT GAMMA INTERFERON; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN INJURY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CELL DIVISION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INJECTIONS; INTERFERON-GAMMA, RECOMBINANT; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 2642712514     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19971215)50:6<1018::AID-JNR12>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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