Analysis of the human locus coeruleus in perinatal and infant sudden unexplained deaths. Possible role of the cigarette smoking in the development of this nucleus

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-80

  Lavezzi, Anna Maria ^a   Ottaviani, Giulia ^a   Mingrone, Rosaria ^a   Matturri, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Human nervous system development; Locus coeruleus; SIDS; Sudden perinatal death; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LOCUS CERULEUS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAINING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

CAUSALITY; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SMOKING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 11144277313     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devbrainres.2004.10.007     Document Type: Article

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