Somatostatin 1-12 immunoreactivity is decreased in the hypothalamic lateral tuberal nucleus of Hungington's disease patients

Brain Research

Volumn 728, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-148

  Timmers, H J L M ^a   Swaab, D F ^b   Van De Nes, J A P ^b   Kremer, H P H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Human hypothalamus; Huntington's disease; Microwave pretreatment; Nucleus tuberalis lateralis (NTL); Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

SOMATOSTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030605896     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00080-7     Document Type: Article

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