Glial fibrillary acidic protein and vimentin immunoreactivity of astroglial cells in the central nervous system of the African lungfish, Protopterus annectens (Dipnoi: Lepidosirenidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 741-749

  Lazzari, Maurizio ^a   Franceschini, Valeria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astroglial cells; CNS; GFAP; Immunoreactivity; Lungfish; Protopterus; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FISH; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FISHES; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; VIMENTIN;

AVES; DIPNOI; LEPIDOSIRENIDAE; MAMMALIA; PROTOPTERUS; PROTOPTERUS AETHIOPICUS; PROTOPTERUS ANNECTENS; REPTILIA; TELEOSTEI; TETRAPODA;

EID: 9944265834     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10274     Document Type: Article

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