Elevated GFAP Protein in Anterior Cingulate Cortical White Matter in Males With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism Research

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 649-657

  Crawford, Jessica D ^a   Chandley, Michelle J ^b   Szebeni, Katalin ^a   Szebeni, Attila ^a   Waters, Brandon ^a   Ordway, Gregory A ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cellular neurophysiology; neuroanatomy; neuropathology

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MYELIN OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTISM; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL ACTIVATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GFAP GENE; GLIA CELL; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOG GENE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84978763269     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1480     Document Type: Article

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