The fibrotic scar in neurological disorders

Brain Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 404-413

  Fernández Klett, Francisco ^a   Priller, Josef ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

(myo)fibroblasts; extracellular matrix; glia; neuroinflammation; pericytes; platelet derived growth factor receptor

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL INTERACTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MACROGLIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYCOSIS; MYOFIBROBLAST; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PERICYTE; PRECURSOR; SCAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL; ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOMODULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCAR;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CICATRIX; HUMANS; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; PERICYTES; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 84902649100     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12162     Document Type: Conference Paper

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