Glial scar formation occurs in the human brain after ischemic stroke

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 344-348

  Huang, Lijie ^a   Wu, Zhe Bao ^a   ZhuGe, Qichuan ^a   Zheng, WeiMing ^a   Shao, Bei ^a   Wang, Brian ^b   Sun, Fen ^b   Jin, Kunlin ^a,b  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Glial scar; Human; Ischemic stroke; Patients; Reactive gliosis

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIAL SCAR FORMATION; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROGLIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCAR FORMATION;

GLIAL SCAR; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC STROKE; PATIENTS; REACTIVE GLIOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CICATRIX; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE;

EID: 84896714739     PISSN: 14491907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.8140     Document Type: Article

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