Histological assessment of cerebellar granule cell layer in postmortem brain; A useful marker of tissue integrity?

Cell and Tissue Banking

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 521-527

  Sheedy, Donna ^a   Harding, Antony ^a   Say, Meichien ^a   Stevens, Julia ^a,b   Kril, Jillian J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain pH; Postmortem; RIN

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; RNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CADAVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PH; PRESERVATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

AUTOPSY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; RNA; TISSUE BANKS; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 84870294433     PISSN: 13899333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10561-011-9265-1     Document Type: Article

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