Increased expression of Aquaporin 4 in the rat hippocampus and cortex during trimethyltin-induced neurodegeneration

Neuroscience

Volumn 274, Issue , 2014, Pages 273-288

  Ceccariglia, S ^a   D'altocolle, A ^a   Del Fa', A ^a   Silvestrini, A ^a   Barba, M ^a   Pizzolante, F ^a   Repele, A ^b   Michetti, F ^a   Gangitano, C ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 4; Cortex; Hippocampus; Neurodegeneration; Trimethyltin; Vascular endothelium growth factor

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MESSENGER RNA; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RAT ENDOTHELIAL CELL ANTIGEN 1; TRIMETHYLTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; AQP4 PROTEIN, RAT; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUN PROTEIN, RAT; TRIMETHYLTIN CHLORIDE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A, RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2, RAT; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUAPORIN 4 GENE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHOSPHORYLATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; AQUAPORIN 4; ASTROCYTES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; TRIMETHYLTIN COMPOUNDS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 84902456605     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.05.047     Document Type: Article

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