Composition of perineuronal nets in the adult rat cerebellum and the cellular origin of their components

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 494, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 559-577

  Carulli, Daniela ^a   Rhodes, Kate E ^a   Brown, David J ^a   Bonnert, Timothy P ^b   Pollack, Scott J ^b   Oliver, Kevin ^b   Strata, Piergiorgio ^c   Fawcett, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan; Hyaluronan; Link protein

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; BREVICAN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; HYALURONIC ACID; NEUROCAN; PHOSPHACAN; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; PROTEOGLYCAN; TENASCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERSICAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PERINEURIUM; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; CEREBELLUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYALURONIC ACID; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 30144438245     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20822     Document Type: Article

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