Fluctuations in astrocytic basic fibroblast growth factor in the cingulate cortex of cycling, ovariectomized and postpartum animals

Neuroscience

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 932-939

  Salmaso, N ^a   Woodside, B ^a  

^a and Applied Physiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

estrous cycle; glia; maternal behavior; plasticity; reproduction

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LACTATION; MALE; MULTIPARA; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UPREGULATION; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GYRUS CINGULI; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARIECTOMY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 46549087337     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.03.063     Document Type: Article

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