Biosilicification (chalcedony) in human cerebral cortex, hippocampus and cerebellum from aged patients

Micron

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 859-867

  Prado Figueroa, María ^a   Flores, Luis ^a   Sanchez, Juvenal ^b   Cesaretti, Nora ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES NEOPLÁSICAS   (Peru)

Author keywords

AChR; CA IX; Carbonic anhydrases; Fossil; Glioblastoma; Neurodegeneration; Oxidative stress; Permineralization; Silicase; Silicatein; Silicon; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; GARNETS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT METALS; NONMETALS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

ACHR; BIOSILICIFICATION; CA IX; CARBONIC ANHYDRASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGANS; ELECTROCYTES; FOSSIL; GLIOBLASTOMA; MINERAL PHASE; NEURODEGENERATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERMINERALIZATION; SILICASE; SILICATEIN; TAPHONOMY; X-RAY SPECTROMETRY;

SILICON;

ALUMINUM; SILICON;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALUMINUM; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SILICON; SOLUBILITY;

HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); RAJIDAE;

EID: 48949094410     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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