Prenatal methylazoxymethanol treatment in rats produces brain abnormalities with morphological similarities to human developmental brain dysgeneses

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 92-106

  Colacitti, Claudia ^a   Sancini, Giulio ^a   DeBiasi, Silvia ^b   Franceschetti, Silvana ^a   Caputi, Antonio ^b   Frassoni, Carolina ^a   Cattabeni, Flaminio ^b   Avanzini, Giuliano ^a   Spreafico, Roberto ^a   Di Luca, Monica ^b   Battaglia, Giorgio ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Band heterotopia; Cerebral migrational and organizational disorders; Cortical dysplasia; Neuronal differentiation; Neuronal migration; Periventricular heterotopia

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSPLASIA; HETEROTOPIA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032894903     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199901000-00010     Document Type: Article

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