Brain Research

New brain research study findings recently were reported by Z. Urbanyi and co-researchers

Published in Medicine and Law Weekly, August 3rd, 2007

According to a study from Budapest, Hungary, "Serum amyloid P component (SAP)-induced neuronal apoptosis has been demonstrated on the primary culture of embryonic rat cerebral cortex in vitro. Here we present pieces of evidence that cell death is also induced by serum amyloid P component in living rat brain similarly to that in cell culture."

"Intrahippocampally administered SAP diffuses from the site of injection to the cortical and subcortical area of the rat brain and enters the cells of brain tissue in 1 week. It induces elevation of the number of in situ TdT-mediated dUTP-X nick end-labeled nuclei in the hippocampus, cortex and subcortical structures of rat central...

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Source: Medicine and Law Weekly (2007-08-03)

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