A neural cell adhesion molecule-derived peptide, FGL, attenuates glial cell activation in the aged hippocampus

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 318-328

  Ojo, Bunmi ^a   Rezaie, Payam ^a   Gabbott, Paul L ^a   Cowely, Thelma R ^b   Medvedev, Nikolay I ^a   Lynch, Marina A ^b   Stewart, Michael G ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Astrocytes; Hippocampus; Microglia; NCAM derived peptide

Indexed keywords

ACROLEIN; FG LOOP; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; PROTEIN S100B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DENSITY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICROGLIA; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL COUNT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; S100 PROTEINS;

EID: 80054969928     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2011.09.025     Document Type: Article

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