Transection or electrical stimulation of the hypoglossal nerve increases glial fibrillary acidic protein immunoreactivity in the hypoglossal nucleus.
Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) immunoreactivity within rat hypoglossal (XIIth) nuclei was examined 1-50 days following either unilateral nerve transection or modest electrical stimulation using indirect immunofluorescence and PAP immunohistochemistry. Both nerve transection and stimulation provoked an increase in the immunodetected GFAP within the XIIth nucleus.
Department of Anatomy, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814.
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D000818:Animals; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000378:metabolism*; D007002:Hypoglossal Nerve / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein