Reduction of GFAP induced by long dark rearing is not restricted to visual cortex

Brain Research

Volumn 1067, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 146-153

  Corvetti, Luigi ^a,c   Aztiria, Eugenio ^a   Domenici, Luciano ^a,b  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dark rearing; Glia; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Immunohistochemistry; Plasticity; Western blot

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN S 100;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REARING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DARKNESS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 31144459967     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.10.072     Document Type: Article

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