Estimation of astrocyte number in different subfield of rat hippocampus

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1595-1597

  Jahanshahi, M ^a   Sadeghi, Y ^b   Hosseini, A ^b  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Hippocampus; PTAH staining; Rat

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33749678990     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.1595.1597     Document Type: Article

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