Impairment of fast axonal transport in the proximal axons of anterior horn neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 535-540

  Sasaki, Shoichi ^a   Iwata, Makoto ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALIN; LIPOFUSCIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CELL ORGANELLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEWY BODY; LYSOSOME; MALE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

EID: 0029812897     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.2.535     Document Type: Article

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