Correlation between glial fibrillary acidic protein-positive astrocytes and age in the human hippocampus

Legal Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 161-165

  Takahashi, Tohru ^a   Amano, Naoji ^a   Asamura, Hideki ^a   Nomiyama, Tetsuo ^a   Hanihara, Tokiji ^a   Nakayama, Jun ^a   Fukushima, Hirofumi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age correlation; Age estimation; CA4 region; GFAP positive astrocytes; Hippocampal sulcus region; Human hippocampus

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASTROCYTES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33646817111     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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