DNA fragmentation in human substantia nigra: Apoptosis or perimortem effect?

Movement Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 877-884

  Kingsbury, Ann E ^a   Mardsen, C David ^a   Foster, Oliver J F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; DNA fragmentation; Parkinson's disease; Perimortem factors; Postmortem brain; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL LABELING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PH; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0031738971     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870130604     Document Type: Article

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