Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Occurrence of Bunina bodies in the locus ceruleus pigmented neurons

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-26

  Iwanaga, K ^a,c   Wakabayashi, K ^a   Honma, Y ^b   Takahashi, H ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sado General Hospital   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Bunina body; locus ceruleus; multisystem disease; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOCUS CERULEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; LOCUS COERULEUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS;

EID: 0031025580     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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