Detection of apoptosis in human brainstem by TUNEL assay

Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 255-260

  Stecco, Carla ^a   Porzionato, Andrea ^a   Macchi, Veronica ^a   Sarasin, Gloria ^a   Calcagno, Alessandra ^a   Parenti, Anna ^a   De Caro, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Brainstem; Human; Tunel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NICK END LABELING; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD; TISSUE FIXATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 33644598872     PISSN: 11226714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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