Development of layer I of the human cerebral cortex after midgestation: Architectonic findings, immunocytochemical identification of neurons and glia, and in situ labeling of apoptotic cells

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 410, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 126-142

  Spreafico, Roberto ^a,e   Arcelli, Paola ^a   Frassoni, Carolina ^a   Canetti, Paolo ^a   Giaccone, Giorgio ^a   Rizzuti, Tommaso ^b   Mastrangelo, Massimo ^c   Bentivoglio, Marina ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b Institute of Pathology   (Italy)

^c ICP   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e Ist Nazionale Neurologico C Besta ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cajal Retzius cells; Calretinin; Glial cells; Microtubule associated proteins; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALRETININ; DNA FRAGMENT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; THIONINE; VIMENTIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DENSITY; CELL MATURATION; DENDRITE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SILVER STAINING;

APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CELL COUNT; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS;

EID: 0033584244     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990719)410:1<126::AID-CNE11>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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