Damaged Neocortical Perineuronal Nets Due to Experimental Focal Cerebral Ischemia in Mice, Rats and Sheep

As part of the extracellular matrix (ECM), perineuronal nets (PNs) are polyanionic, chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (CSPG)-rich coatings of certain neurons, known to be affected in various neural diseases. Although these structures are considered as important parts of the neurovascular unit (NVU),...

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Main Authors: Wolfgang Härtig, Bianca Mages, Susanne Aleithe, Björn Nitzsche, Stephan Altmann, Henryk Barthel, Martin Krueger, Dominik Michalski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnint.2017.00015/full