Electron micrograph of ubiquitin-positive intraneuronal inclusions in the extra-motor cortices in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neuropathology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 112-116

  Okamoto, Koichi ^a   Hirai, Shunsaku ^a   Amari, Masakuni ^a   Sakurai, Atsushi ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cerebral cortex; Dementia; Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Inclusion body; Ribosome; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

UBIQUITIN;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; DEMENTIA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME;

EID: 0030013595     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.1996.tb00165.x     Document Type: Article

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