Total sialic acid levels decrease in the periventricular area of infantile rats with hydrocephalus

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 825-828

  Etus, Volkan ^a   Belce, A ^b  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Periventicular area; Rat; Sialic acid

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE; KAOLIN; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; SIALIC ACID; THIOBARBITURIC ACID; THIOBARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CISTERNA MAGNA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROCEPHALUS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; HYDROCEPHALUS; KAOLIN; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THIOBARBITURATES;

EID: 0346895219     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-003-0832-z     Document Type: Article

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