Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with numerous axonal spheroids in the corticospinal tract and massive degeneration of the cortex

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 294-299

  Takahashi, T ^a,b   Yagishita, S ^b   Amano, N ^b,c   Yamaoka, K ^b   Kamei, T ^d  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA REHABILITATION CENTER   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Chigasaki Tokusyukai General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Ballooned neuron; Ophthalmoplegia; Precentral cortex; Spheroid

Indexed keywords

SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UBIQUITIN;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; MAMMILLARY BODY; MOTONEURON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ATROPHY; AXONS; CELL SIZE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030858052     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050707     Document Type: Article

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