Polysialylated neural cell adhesion molecule expression in the dentate gyrus of the human hippocampal formation from infancy to old age

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-106

  Ní Dhúill, Caoimhe M ^a   Fox, Gerard B ^a   Pittock, Sean J ^a   O'Connell, Alan W ^a   Murphy, Keith J ^a   Regan, Ciaran M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Granule cells; Hilar neurons; NCAM PSA; Neuroplasticity; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIALYLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; SIALIC ACIDS;

EID: 0032948065     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19990101)55:1<99::AID-JNR11>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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