Morphological changes in glial fibrillary acidic protein immunopositive astrocytes in the hippocampus of dietary-induced obese mice

NeuroReport

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 819-822

  Cano, Victoria ^a   Valladolid Acebes, Ismael ^a   Hernández Nuño, Francisco ^a   Merino, Beatriz ^a   Olmo, Nuria Del ^a   Chowen, Julie A ^b   Ruiz Gayo, Mariano ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astrogliosis; Diet induced obesity; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Glutamate uptake; High fat diet

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET INDUCED OBESITY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84920644057     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0000000000000180     Document Type: Article

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