Glial cytoarchitecture in the central nervous system of the soft-shell turtle, Trionyx sinensis, revealed by intermediate filament immunohistochemistry

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 211, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 497-506

  Lazzari, Maurizio ^a   Franceschini, Valeria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astroglial cells; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Immunohistochemistry; Reptiles; Turtle

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PEROXIDASE; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; EPENDYMA; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; NEUROGLIA; TURTLES; VIMENTIN;

PELODISCUS SINENSIS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33749245000     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-006-0101-5     Document Type: Article

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