Dentate gyrus abnormalities in sudden unexplained death in infants: morphological marker of underlying brain vulnerability

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 65-80

  Kinney, Hannah C ^a   Cryan, Jane B ^a   Haynes, Robin L ^a   Paterson, David S ^a   Haas, Elisabeth A ^b   Mena, Othon J ^b   Minter, Megan ^a   Journey, Kelley W ^a   Trachtenberg, Felicia L ^c   Goldstein, Richard D ^a   Armstrong, Dawna D ^d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^d Baylor College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOCAL GRANULE CELL BILAMINATION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROGLIA; MORPHOLOGY; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TEMPORAL LOBE; ABNORMALITIES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULARIZATION;

CD68 ANTIGEN, HUMAN; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; TUBB3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUBULIN;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEURONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TEMPORAL LOBE; TUBULIN;

EID: 84941771598     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-014-1357-0     Document Type: Article

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