Changes in glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) immonureactivity reflect neuronal states

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1643-1650

  Hajós, Ferenc ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; GFAP; Neurons; Synapses

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IBOTENIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL SUBNUCLEUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENICULOCORTICAL FIBER; ILLUMINATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MACROGLIA; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 46249110333     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-008-9745-2     Document Type: Article

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