Research Article

Ischemia Alters the Expression of Connexins in the Aged Human Brain

Table 1

Background of all cases. F: female, M: male, lt.: left, rt.: right, MCA: middle cerebral artery, PCA: posterior cerebral artery, ACA: anterior cerebral artery, ICA: internal carotid artery.

No.AgeSexSymptomsLesionsDuration to death

( )76Fsudden onset, lt. hemiparesisRt. MCA & PCA territories4 days, 3 hours
( )74Msudden onset, lt. hemiparesisRt. ACA & MCA territories2 days, 5 hours
( )70Fsudden onset, lt. hemiparesisRt. ICA territory4 days, 3 hours
( )73Msudden onset, lt. hemiparesisRt. MCA territory5 days, 18 hours
( )87Fsudden onset, rt. hemiparesisLt. MCA territory6 days, 5 hours
( )82Msudden onset, rt. hemiparesisLt. ACA & MCA territories5 days, 12 hours
( )77Fsudden onset, rt. hemiparesisLt. MCA territory6 days

Ave. 4 days, 20 hours