Development of prefrontal layer III pyramidal neurons in infants with Down syndrome

Translational Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 225-232

  Vukšić, Mario ^a   Petanjek, Zdravko ^a   Kostović, Ivica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Association cortex; Down syndrome; Layer IIIc pyramidal neurons; Quantitative analysis; Rapid Golgi method

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL ELONGATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 84856271477     PISSN: 20813856     EISSN: 20816936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13380-011-0027-0     Document Type: Article

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