Depletion of MAP2 expression and laminar cytoarchitectonic changes in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in adult autistic individuals

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 615-623

  Mukaetova Ladinska, E B ^a,b   Arnold, H ^a   Jaros, E ^a   Perry, R ^a   Perry, E ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Dendrites; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Glia; MAP2; Neurone

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENDRITE; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NISSL SUBSTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL COUNT; DENDRITES; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 9444279010     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2004.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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