Surface-associated astrocytes, not endfeet, form the glia limitans in posterior piriform cortex and have a spatially distributed, not a domain, organization

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1952-1969

  Feig, S L ^a   Haberly, L B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine structure; Glial limiting membrane; Glial signaling; Interstitial fluid homeostasis; Neurovascular regulation; Potassium buffering

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CELL ORGANELLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA; GLIA LIMITING MEMBRANE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PIA ARTERY; POSTERIOR PIRIFORM CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 79956281686     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22615     Document Type: Article

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