Apoptosis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is not restricted to motor neurons. Bcl‐2 expression is increased in unaffected post‐central gyrus

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 498-504

  Troost, D ^a   Aten, J ^a   Morsink, F ^a   de Jong, J M B V ^b  

^a Graduate School of Communication   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; apoptosis; bcl 2; motor neuron disease; oncoprotein; programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; ONCOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPSY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0029563461     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.1995.tb01096.x     Document Type: Article

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