Cerebellar granule cells are generated postnatally in humans

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 219, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1271-1286

  Kiessling, Maren C ^a   Büttner, Andreas ^b   Butti, Camilla ^c   Müller Starck, Jens ^a   Milz, Stefan ^a   Hof, Patrick R ^c   Frank, Hans Georg ^a   Schmitz, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Granule cells; Postnatal brain development; Purkinje cells; Stereology

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN 1; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN WEIGHT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM GRANULE CELL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURKINJE CELL; STEREOLOGY; WHITE MATTER; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN;

EPICOCCUM;

CELL COUNT; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEURONS;

EID: 84904326850     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-013-0565-z     Document Type: Article

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