Redistribution of astrocytic glutamine synthetase in the hippocampus of chronic epileptic rats

GLIA

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1706-1718

  Papageorgiou, Ismini E ^a   Gabriel, Siegrun ^a   Fetani, Andriani F ^a   Kann, Oliver ^a,b   Heinemann, Uwe ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocytic process; Endfeet; Hippocampal vessels; Isotropic rulers; Sholl analysis

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STAINING; STEREOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOOD VESSELS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CELL COUNT; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; PERFUSION; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 80052814456     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.21217     Document Type: Article

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