Immunocytochemical characterization of astrocytosis along the spinal cord of loop-tail/curly-tail mice with myelomeningocele

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 288-295

  Reis, Joaquim L ^a,b   Correia Pinto, Jorge ^c,d   Monteiro, Mariana P ^a   Costa, Madalena ^a   Ribeiro, Alexandrina ^a   Hutchins, Grover M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal surgery; Light microscopy; Morphometry; Spina bifida; Tethered cord

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CELL DENSITY; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; FETUS; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOUSE; NEURULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 46449128394     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000131677     Document Type: Article

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