Immunohistochemistry of catecholamines in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system with special regard to fatal hypothermia and hyperthermia

Legal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 121-127

  Ishikawa, Takaki ^a   Yoshida, Chiemi ^a   Michiue, Tomomi ^a   Perdekamp, Markus Große ^b   Pollak, Stefan ^b   Maeda, Hitoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catecholamine; Hyperthermia; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal system; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; DEATH; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PHYSICAL STRESS; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATECHOLAMINES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950368618     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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