Changes in the content of GFAP in the rat brain during pregnancy and the beginning of lactation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 484, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 197-200

  Gómora Arrati, Porfirio ^a   González Arenas, Aliesha ^b   Balandrán Ruiz, Marco Antonio ^b   Mendoza Magaña, María Luisa ^c   González Flores, Oscar ^a   Camacho Arroyo, Ignacio ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; GFAP; Glial Cells; Pregnancy; Sex steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 77956923208     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.08.052     Document Type: Article

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