The ultrastructure of lamellar stack astrocytes

GLIA

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1075-1083

  Holen, Torgeir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Astrocyte; Ependyma; Glia limitans; Lamella

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EPITHALAMUS; GLIA; LAMELLAR BODY; MALE; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 4; ASTROCYTES; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; RATS;

EID: 79955795187     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.21180     Document Type: Article

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