Effects of chronic ethanol treatment on glial fibrillary acidic protein expression in adult rat optic nerve: an immunocytochemical study.
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Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is used as a marker of astrocyte response to various central nervous system injuries. In the present study, the effects of chronic ethanol administration on GFAP immunoreactivity were evaluated in astrocytes of the adult optic nerve head. The results demonstrated that ethanol exposure significantly and dramatically increases GFAP immunoreactivity and the number of immunoreactive astrocytes (p<0.001). In addition, GFAP immunoreactive cells in the optic nerve showed extensive hypertrophy (p<0.001).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Cell biology international
دوره 29 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005