Impaired myelination of the human hippocampal formation in Down syndrome

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-158

  Ábrahám, Hajnalka ^a   Vincze, András ^a   Veszprémi, Béla ^a   Kravják, András ^a   Gömöri, Éva ^a   Kovács, Gábor G ^b   Seress, László ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Archicortex; Axonal development; Dentate gyrus; Myelin basic protein; Ontogenesis; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DENTATE GYRUS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857195995     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: 1873474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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