title: Clinical and ultrastructural observations of maturing human frontal cortex. Part I (Biopsy material of hydrocephalic infants).
abstract: Three of 30 human cerebral cortex biopsies from infants treated for hydrocephalus by shunt operation are described. The descriptions include an account of their case history, the clinical methods, and the operational procedures. The biopsy specimens were studied in semithin and ultrathin sections. Attention is drawn to normal synapse formation but also to neuronal degenerative changes due to hydrocephalus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Göttingen University, West Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Glees
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Voth
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000473:pathology*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn