Astroglial dye-coupling: An in vitro analysis of regional and interspecies differences in rodents and primates

Brain Research

Volumn 1240, Issue , 2008, Pages 82-86

  Lanosa, Ximena A ^a   Reisin, Hernán D ^a   Santacroce, Ignacio ^a   Colombo, Jorge A ^a  

^a CEMIC   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Astroglia enriched culture; Cerebral cortex astroglia; Primate astroglia; Striatal astroglia

Indexed keywords

DYE; LUCIFERASE YELLOW; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROGLIA; MALE; MONKEY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRIMATES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RODENTIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

PRIMATES; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 54549090858     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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