A semiquantitative analysis of reactive astrogliosis demonstrates its correlation with the number of intact motor neurons after transient spinal cord ischemia

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 983-990

  Wakasa, Satoru ^a   Shiiya, Norihiko ^a   Tachibana, Tsuyoshi ^a   Ooka, Tomonori ^a   Matsui, Yoshiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY MATTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL DEATH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MOTOR NEURONS; RABBITS; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA;

EID: 62849093592     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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