Publications (2)3.98 Total impact
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Article: ASTROCYTES IN THE PRENATAL CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
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ABSTRACT: The CNS from 30 normal fetuses aged 5–28 weeks were studied in GFAP stained paraffin-embedded material. The technique of preparation, autopsy and fixation is described in details. GFAP reacting glial cells developed first in the spinal cord at 7 weeks, and appeared in all regions of CNS during fetal life in a systematic way but with a temporal variation. The supporting and guiding properties of the fibrillary astrocytes are stressed.Apmis 08/2009; 95A(1‐6):339 - 346. · 1.99 Impact Factor -
Article: HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS AND THE MESENCEPHALIC NUCLEUS
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ABSTRACT: The ganglion Gasseri and the brainstem were examined in three old patients with herpes zoster without predisposing diseases with special reference to the mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus. The primary lesions in the semilunar ganglion vary with the length of the course. Secondary changes in the brainstem were as expected from pons to the second cervical segment of the cord. Besides, we observed degeneration, inflammation and glial nodules in the mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus in two patients. According to Brodal this nucleus presumably corresponds to the semilunar and spinal ganglia. As herpes zoster virus is prone to attack the sensory nuclei our findings support this hypothesis.Apmis 08/2009; 94A(1‐6):263 - 269. · 1.99 Impact Factor
