Heterogeneous topographic and cellular distribution of huntingtin expression in the normal human neostriatum

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3052-3063

  Ferrante, Robert J ^a,b   Gutekunst, Claire Anne ^c   Persichetti, Francesca ^d   McNeil, Sandra M ^d   Kowall, Neil W ^a,b   Gusella, James F ^d   MacDonald, Marcy E ^d   Beal, M Flint ^e   Hersch, Steven M ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

calbindin D28k; huntingtin; Huntington's disease; immunofluorescence; NADPH diaphorase; neostriatum; nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; NEUROPIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PUTAMEN;

EID: 0030950980     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-09-03052.1997     Document Type: Article

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