Age-related changes in the hippocampus (loss of synaptophysin and glial-synaptic interaction) are modified by systemic treatment with an NCAM-derived peptide, FGL

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 778-788

  Ojo, Bunmi ^a   Rezaie, Payam ^a   Gabbott, Paul L ^a   Davies, Heather ^a   Colyer, Frances ^a   Cowley, Thelma R ^b   Lynch, Marina ^b   Stewart, Michael G ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aging; Astrocytes; CA3; CD200; Hippocampus; Immunoelectron microscopy; Microglia; Morphometric analysis; PSD 95; Synaptophysin

Indexed keywords

CD200 ANTIGEN; FG LOOP PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; COGNITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICROGLIA; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STRATUM RADIATUM; SYNAPSE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; NEUROGLIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 84861988786     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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