Synaptic plasticity in the oedematous human cerebral cortex

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-197

  Castejon O J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Brain trauma; Brain tumours; Cerebral cortex; Synaptic plasticity; Vascular anomalies

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENDRITIC SPINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; POLYSOME; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SYNAPTOSOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RETROGRADE DEGENERATION;

EID: 2142653181     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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