Postmortem delay

1. Postmortem delay activates heat shock response and chaperones in mice.

   “Upregulated pathways included mitochondrial, heat-shock, and apoptosis regulation responses”

   Animalsmales

   Post-Mortem Delay Induces Distinct Transcriptional and Morphological Changes in Microglia With Age-Specific Patterns

   Glia·7 Apr 2026

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1. Postmortem delay decreases microglia cell shape complexity in mice.

   “postmortem delay reduced the cell shape complexity of cortical microglia in young mice, mimicking morphological changes in the aged brain.”

   Animalscortexmales

   Post-Mortem Delay Induces Distinct Transcriptional and Morphological Changes in Microglia With Age-Specific Patterns

   Glia·7 Apr 2026