Immunocytochemical studies of aquaporin 4, kir4.1, and α1-syntrophin in the astrocyte endfeet of mouse brain capillaries

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 99-105

  Masaki, Hisatsugu ^a   Wakayama, Yoshihiro ^a   Hara, Hajime ^a   Jimi, Takahiro ^a   Unaki, Akihiko ^a   Iijima, Shoji ^a   Oniki, Hiroaki ^b   Nakano, Kiyoko ^b   Kishimoto, Koji ^a   Hirayama, Yoshiko ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1 syntrophin; Aquaporin (AQP) 4; Astrocyte endfeet membranes; Kir4.1; Localization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957583052     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: 13475800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.10016     Document Type: Article

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