Phenotype overlap in glial cell populations: Astroglia, oligodendroglia and NG-2(+) cells

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 9, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Alghamdi, Badrah ^a   Fern, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Development; Glia; NG 2; Oligodendrocyte

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL POPULATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROGLIA; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROCYTE PRECURSOR CELL; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 84930507407     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: 16625129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2015.00049     Document Type: Article

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