Ultrastructural pathology of endothelial tight junctions in human brain oedema

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 118-129

  Castejón, Orlando J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Brain oedema; Brain trauma; Brain tumours; Endothelial junction; Hydrocephalic oedema

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN ZO1; PROTEIN ZO2;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CELL DIVISION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MENINGIOMA; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TIGHT JUNCTION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VEIN PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84863446688     PISSN: 16414640     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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