Dendritic synapses of anterior horn neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: An ultrastructural study

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 278-283

  Sasaki, Shoichi ^a   Iwata, Makoto ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active synaptic zone; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Primary dendrite; Synapse; Synaptic length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR SPINE; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; DENDRITES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROEFFECTOR JUNCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0030034385     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050426     Document Type: Article

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