Ultrastructural study of the synapses of central chromatolytic anterior horn cells in motor neuron disease

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 932-939

  Sasaki, Shoichi ^a   Iwata, Makoto ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Central chromatolysis; Motor neuron disease; Synapse; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0029799526     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199608000-00009     Document Type: Review

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