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Neonatal separation stress reduces glial fibrillary acidic protein- and S100β-immunoreactive astrocytes in the rat medial precentral cortex

  1. Kristina Musholt1,
  2. Giovanni Cirillo3,
  3. Carlo Cavaliere3,
  4. Maria Rosaria Bianco3,
  5. Joerg Bock2,
  6. Carina Helmeke1,
  7. Katharina Braun1,
  8. Michele Papa3,*

Article first published online: 9 JAN 2009

DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20694

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Developmental Neurobiology

Developmental Neurobiology

Volume 69, Issue 4, pages 203–211, March 2009

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Musholt, K., Cirillo, G., Cavaliere, C., Rosaria Bianco, M., Bock, J., Helmeke, C., Braun, K. and Papa, M. (2009), Neonatal separation stress reduces glial fibrillary acidic protein- and S100β-immunoreactive astrocytes in the rat medial precentral cortex. Devel Neurobio, 69: 203–211. doi: 10.1002/dneu.20694

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  1. 1

    Department of Zoology and Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Biology, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany

  2. 2

    Research Group “Structural Plasticity,” Institute of Biology, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany

  3. 3

    Laboratorio di Morfologia delle Reti Neuronali, Department of Medicina Pubblica Clinica e Preventiva, Seconda Università di Napoli, 80138 Napoli, Italy

*Laboratorio di Morfologia delle Reti Neuronali, Department of Medicina Pubblica Clinica e Preventiva, Seconda Università di Napoli, 80138 Napoli, Italy

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 3 FEB 2009
  2. Article first published online: 9 JAN 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 22 OCT 2008
  4. Manuscript Revised: 22 SEP 2008
  5. Manuscript Received: 3 JUL 2008

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  • Regione Campania. Grant Numbers: L.R. N.5 Bando 2003, Prog. Spec art 12 E.F. 2000
  • Italian Minister of Research and University. Grant Number: PRIN2004
  • CNR. Grant Number: Neurobiotecnologie 2003
  • German Science Foundation. Grant Number: SFB 779
  • Associazione Levi-Montalcini
  • Deutsche Studienstiftung

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