In vivo imaging reveals rapid morphological reactions of astrocytes towards focal lesions in an ALS mouse model

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 497, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-151

  Dibaj, Payam ^a   Steffens, Heinz ^a,b   Zschüntzsch, Jana ^b   Kirchhoff, Frank ^a,c   Schomburg, Eike D ^b   Neusch, Clemens ^b,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Astroglia; In vivo laser scanning microscopy; Neuroinflammation; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE ROOT LESION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AXONS; CELL COMMUNICATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROGLIA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTOR NEURONS; SPINAL CORD; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 79956305400     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.04.049     Document Type: Article

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