Quantitative immunogold study of increased expression of metallothionein-I/II in the brain perivascular areas of diabetic scrapie-infected mice

Journal of Molecular Histology

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 143-151

  Vorbrodt, Andrzej W ^a   Dobrogowska, Danuta H ^a   Meeker, Harry C ^a   Carp, Richard I ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Endothelial cells; Immunogold cytochemistry; Metabolic stress; Pathologic stress; Perivascular end feet

Indexed keywords

METALLOTHIONEIN I; METALLOTHIONEIN II;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MODEL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE IMMUNOGOLD CYTOCHEMISTRY; SCRAPIE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33749573914     PISSN: 15672379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10735-006-9053-6     Document Type: Article

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