Progressive supranuclear palsy with asymmetric lesions in the thalamus and cerebellum, with special reference to the unilateral predominance of many torpedoes

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 640-644

  Matsumoto, Ryuichi ^a,b   Nakano, Imaharu ^a,d   Arai, Nobutaka ^a   Suda, Minami ^c   Oda, Masaya ^c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Dentate nucleus; Progressive supranuclear palsy; Thalamus; Torpedo

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL METABOLISM; CEREBELLUM; DENTATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE ENDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; PURKINJE CELL; THALAMUS;

AGED; AXONS; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PURKINJE CELLS; SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0029800699     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050574     Document Type: Article

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