Quantitation of brain edema and localisation of aquaporin 4 expression in relation to susceptibility to experimental cerebral malaria

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 566-574

  Ampawong, Sumate ^a,b   Combes, Valéry ^a   Hunt, Nicholas H ^a   Radford, Jane ^a   Chan Ling, Tailoi ^c   Pongponratn, Emsri ^b   Grau, Georges E R ^a  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 4; Astrocyte; Brain edema; Endothelium; Experimental cerebral malaria

Indexed keywords

AQP4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; AQUAPORIN 4; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CBA MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE; MALARIA; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UPREGULATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 4; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTES; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED CBA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 80053574850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19362625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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