Role of GFAP in morphological retention and distribution of reactive astrocytes induced by scrapie encephalopathy in mice

Brain Research

Volumn 1312, Issue , 2010, Pages 156-167

  Gomi, Hiroshi ^a,c   Yokoyama, Takashi ^b   Itohara, Shigeyoshi ^c  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell morphology; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Neurodegeneration; Reactive astrocytes; Scrapie

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA ACTIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LIPOFUSCIN; PRION PROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL MUTANT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCRAPIE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELL SIZE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SCRAPIE; TIME FACTORS;

MUS;

EID: 73649090713     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.11.025     Document Type: Article

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