Decreased dendritic branching in frontal, motor and limbic cortex in Rett Syndrome compared with Trisomy 21

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1013-1017

  Armstrong, Dawna Duncan ^a   Dunn, Kay ^a   Antalffy, Barbara ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Down Syndrome; Golgi technique; Mental retardation; Pyramidal neurons; Rett Syndrome; Sholl analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMBIC CORTEX; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RETT SYNDROME; TRISOMY 21;

EID: 0031761177     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199811000-00003     Document Type: Article

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