Age related changes in microglial phenotype vary between CNS regions: Grey versus white matter differences

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 754-765

  Hart, Adam D ^a   Wyttenbach, Andreas ^a   Hugh Perry, V ^a   Teeling, Jessica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Behaviour; CD11c; LPS; Microglia; Regional differences; White matter

Indexed keywords

CD11B ANTIGEN; CD16 ANTIGEN; CHLORDANE; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; DECTIN 1; FC GAMMA R I; FC RECEPTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CELL STRUCTURE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; GIANT CELL; GRAY MATTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTAROD TEST; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; UPREGULATION; WHITE MATTER;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROGLIA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84861987890     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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