Neuroanatomical dysmorphology of the medial superior olivary nucleus in sudden fetal and infant death

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue NOVEMBER 2012, 2012, Pages

  Lavezzi, Anna M ^a   Matturri, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Medial superior olivary nucleus; Sudden infant death syndrome; Sudden intrauterine unexplained death; Superior olivary complex

Indexed keywords

AGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPLASIA; INFANT; MATERNAL SMOKING; MORPHOLOGY; MYELINATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; TERATOLOGY;

EID: 84933672170     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00322     Document Type: Article

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