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Ependyma

Known as: Ependymas, Lamina epithelialis, Ependymal Tissue 
A thin membrane that lines the fluid-filled spaces in the brain and spinal cord. It is made up of a type of glial cell called an ependymal cell.
National Institutes of Health

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Blood supply aspectsBrain Stem EpendymomaCentral Nervous SystemCerebral Ventricles

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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Embryonic intermediate filament, nestin, expression following traumatic spinal cord injury in adult rats
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Expression of the HBNF (heparin-binding neurite-promoting factor) gene in the brain of fetal, neonatal and adult rat: an in situ hybridization study.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Cell proliferation in the subependymal layer of the postnatal marmoset, Callithrix jacchus.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Induction of Fos in glia-like cells after focal brain injury but not during wallerian degeneration
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Postnatal neurogenesis in the olfactory bulbs of a lizard. A tritiated thymidine autoradiographic study
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Quantitative autoradiography of serotonin receptors in the rat brain
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Physiological and morphological identification of hypothalamic magnocellular neuroendocrine cells in goldfish preoptic nucleus *
1. Intracellular recordings were made from antidromically identified neurones in the goldfish preoptic nucleus and Procion Yellow… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Analysis of developing ependymal and choroidal surfaces in rat brains using scanning electron microscopy.
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
The subependymal plate and associated ependyma in the dog. An ultrastructural study
SummaryThe ultrastructural appearances of the ependyma and subependymal region in the anterior part of the caudate nucleus in the… 
Highly Cited
1957
Highly Cited
1957
[Examination of the ependyma of mesencephalon and diencephalon of the turtle (Testudo graeca)].
1. Der Bau des Ependym im Zwischen- und Mittelhirn von Testudo graeca weist in den einzelnen Abschnitten der Ventrikelwand… 
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