Abstract
Purified cultures of neonatal rat cortex astrocytes can be used to measure astrocyte mitogenic activity in human brain extracts. A microassay permits the strict comparison of multiple samples. Human brain mitogenic activity was 2 to 4-fold that found in comparable extracts from rat brain. A 1.3-fold increase in specific mitogenic activity was observed in extracts from Alzheimer's disease cortex when compared to normal aged or adult tissue. This small increase was due to the lower amount of extractable protein in Alzheimer's tissue.
Full Text 
Sign-in/Register to access full text options
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Published version (
Free)
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
