Immunohistochemical analysis of brainstem lesions in infantile spasms

Neuropathology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 297-303

  Hayashi, Masaharu ^a,b   Itoh, Masahiro ^a   Araki, Satoshi ^a   Kumada, Satoko ^a   Tanuma, Naoyuki ^a   Kohji, Toshihiko ^a   Kohyama, Jun ^a   Iwakawa, Yoshihide ^a   Satoh, Junichi ^a   Morimatsu, Yoshio ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Immunohistochemistry; Infantile spasm; Lennox Gastaut syndrome; Methionine enkephalin; Parvalbumin; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; METENKEPHALIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PARVALBUMIN; SUBSTANCE P; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGYRIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANTILE SPASM; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PATHOGENESIS; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL NUCLEUS; WEST SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENKEPHALIN, METHIONINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PARVALBUMINS; SPASMS, INFANTILE; SUBSTANCE P; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0034493218     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1789.2000.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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