Dendritic arborization in the human fetus and infant with the trisomy 18 syndrome
Developmental Brain ResearchPublished 1 July 1990
Venita Jay, Fu-Wah Chan, Laurence E. Becker
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Dendritic arborization patterns of visual cortical neurons in four cases of trisomy 18 syndrome were compared with those in 8 neurologically asymptomatic age-matched controls and showed definitive dendritic abnormalities in the trisomers.
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Dendritic arborization patterns of visual cortical neurons in four cases of trisomy 18 syndrome were compared with those in 8 neurologically asymptomatic age-matched controls. The trisomy cases included a 20-week-old fetus, a term infant, a 3-month-old infant, and 6-month-old infant. Quantitative Golgi analysis showed a decrease in the mean total dendritic length of apical dendrites in layer 5 pyramidal neurons in the term infant with trisomy 18. In layer 3, an attenuated dendritic tree was observed in the earlier age groups with increased dendritic extent at 6 months. Although not conclusive, due to the small number of subjects, this preliminary study showed definitive dendritic abnormalities in the trisomy 18 syndrome.
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