E. Kowalska et T. Marcinkowski, SHORT NOTE - THE AMOUNT OF DNA IN CELLS OF THE GRANULAR LAYER OF THE CEREBELLUM AND THEIR SUSCEPTIBILITY TO HYPOXIA, Medical hypotheses, 51(5), 1998, pp. 443-444
Purkinje cells of the cerebellum are particularly susceptible to hypox
ia. In these cells tetraploidy has been demonstrated. Therefore, a lin
k between the susceptibility of cells of the cerebellum to hypoxia and
the amount of DNA seems probable.