Glial and neuronal alterations in the nucleus tractus solitarii of sudden infant death syndrome victims

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 309-318

  Biondo, Bruna ^a   Magagnin, Simona ^a   Bruni, Barbara ^a   Cazzullo, Alessandra ^a   Tosi, Delfina ^a   Matturri, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microglia; Neuronal death; NR1 receptor; Substance P; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SUBSTANCE P;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL LESION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TISSUE SECTION;

APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SUBSTANCE P; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 4844228025     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-004-0895-2     Document Type: Article

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