Astrocyte end-feet in germinal matrix, cerebral cortex, and white matter in developing infants

Pediatric Research

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 673-679

  El Khoury, Nadine ^a   Braun, Alex ^a   Hu, Furong ^a   Pandey, Maya ^a   Nedergaard, Maiken ^b   Lagamma, Edmund F ^a   Ballabh, Praveen ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Maria Fareri Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 4; CELL MARKER; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LAMININ; PROTEIN S100B;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTE END FEET; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CELL LABELING; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; GERMINAL MATRIX; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VASCULAR FRAGILITY; WHITE MATTER;

AQUAPORIN 4; ASTROCYTES; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; S100 PROTEINS;

EID: 33646687542     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.pdr.0000214975.85311.9c     Document Type: Article

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