title: Immunohistochemical investigations on the course of astroglial GFAP expression following human brain injury.
abstract: The course of GFAP expression by astrocytes has been immunohistochemically investigated during the first 30 weeks after human brain injury. In order to provide reliable data for a forensic wound age estimation, a quantitative morphometric analysis was performed considering the different topographic regions of the cortex as well as of the white matter. Compared to the GFAP immunoreactivity in unaltered control tissue, significantly increased numbers of GFAP positive astroglial cells could be detected adjacent to the cortical contusion from 1 day up to 4 weeks after brain injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hausmann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Riess
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fieguth
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Betz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000378:metabolism*; D002648:Child; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein