Late-onset progressive spinocerebellar degeneration in Brittany Spaniel dogs

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-101

  Higgins, Robert J ^a   LeCouteur, Richard A ^b   Kornegay, Joe N ^c   Coates, Joan R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d Anatomic Pathology Service Department of Veterinary Pathobiology College of Veterinary   (United States)

Author keywords

Brittany Spaniel dog; Immunocytochemistry; Purkinje cell; Spinocerebellar degeneration; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CELL LOSS; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; DOG; FEMALE; GRACILE NUCLEUS; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NECK; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PELVIC GIRDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TREMOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; PURKINJE CELLS; SPINAL CORD; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS; TREMOR;

EID: 0031861331     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050865     Document Type: Article

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