Rare contacts between synapses and microglial processes containing high levels of Iba1 and actin - a postembedding immunogold study in the healthy rat brain

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2030-2040

  Sogn, Carl J L ^a   Puchades, Maja ^a   Gundersen, Vidar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

confocal microscopy; electron microscopy; LR Gold; membrane ruffles; motility

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BRAIN PROTEIN; IONISING CALCIUM BINDING ADAPTOR MOLECULE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL CONTACT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FRONTAL CORTEX; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE ENDING; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LR GOLD; MEMBRANE RUFFLES; MOTILITY;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; FRONTAL LOBE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROGLIA; NEUROPIL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84879836987     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12213     Document Type: Article

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