Apoptosis in the developing human brain: a preliminary study of the frontal region.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Natural cell death due to apoptotic mechanisms has been described in various species. Relatively few studies examined this process in humans. AIM:To investigate the distribution of apoptosis in fetal brain tissue. DESIGN:We examined apoptosis in the frontal region of human fetal brain by the TUNEL method in nine fetuses with no neurological conditions, gestational age 14-26 weeks, and three fetuses with structural anomalies of the nervous system (lumbar meningomyeloceles, n=2, hydrocephalus, n=1). RESULTS:In normal fetuses, TUNEL-positive cells were most concentrated in the intermediate zone (IZ) and between 18 and 22 weeks of gestation; cortical apoptosis was not prominent. The fetus with hydrocephalus had increased numbers of TUNEL-positive cells while those with neural tube defects did not differ from normals. CONCLUSION:The definition of normally occurring apoptosis may provide a basis for further studies directed at central nervous system (CNS) malformations.

journal_name

Early Hum Dev

journal_title

Early human development

authors

Anlar B,Atilla P,Cakar N,Tombakoglu M,Bulun A

doi

10.1016/s0378-3782(02)00116-0

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2003-02-01 00:00:00

pages

53-60

issue

1

eissn

0378-3782

issn

1872-6232

pii

S0378378202001160

journal_volume

71

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