Neuroependymal denudation is in progress in full-term human foetal spina bifida aperta

Brain Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-179

  Sival, Deborah A ^a   Guerra, Montserrat ^c   Den Dunnen, Wilfred F A ^a   Bátiz, Luis F ^c   Alvial, Genaro ^c   Castañeyra Perdomo, Agustín ^b   Rodríguez, Esteban M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

adherent junctions; ependymal denudation; gap junctions; hydrocephalus; spina bifida aperta

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; CAVEOLIN 1; CONNEXIN 43; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PROTEIN S 100;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EPENDYMA CELL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; NEUROPIL; SPINA BIFIDA;

CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT; EPENDYMA; FETUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SPINA BIFIDA CYSTICA;

EID: 79251545206     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2010.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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