Catecholaminergic neurons in the brain-stem and sleep apnea in SIDS victims

Early Human Development

Volumn 75, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 41-50

  Sawaguchi, Toshiko ^a   Ozawa, Yuri ^b   Patricia, Franco ^c   Kadhim, Hazim ^c   Groswasser, Jose ^c   Sottiaux, Martine ^c   Takashima, Sachio ^d   Nishida, Hiroshi ^a   Kahn, Andre ^c  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^d INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catecholaminergic neuron; Medulla oblongata; Sudden Infant Death Syndrome; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE NUCLEUS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPINE POSITION;

BRAIN STEM; CATECHOLAMINES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEURONS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; SUPINE POSITION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 10644264274     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2003.08.007     Document Type: Article

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