Silver impregnation of the prefrontal cortices in the brains with long postmortem delay

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 314-317

  Yeung, L Y ^a   Wai, M S M ^a   Yew, D T ^a  

^a Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Postmortem delay; Prefrontal; Silver impregnation

Indexed keywords

SILVER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN DEGENERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SILVER IMPREGNATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SILVER STAINING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950833908     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207450903243507     Document Type: Article

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