Loss of the dentate nucleus neurons is associated with torpedo formation: A morphometric study in progressive supranuclear palsy and dentatorubro-pallidoluysian atrophy

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-153

  Matsumoto, Ryuichi ^a,b   Nakano, Imaharu ^a,f   Arai, Nobutaka ^a   Oda, Masaya ^c   Yagishita, Saburo ^d   Hashizume, Yoshio ^e  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KANAGAWA REHABILITATION CENTER   (Japan)

^e AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dentate nucleus; Dentatorubropallidoluysian atrophy; Progressive supranuclear palsy; Purkinje cell; Torpedo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; PURKINJE CELL;

ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; AXONS; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; PURKINJE CELLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE; SYNAPSES; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0031907360     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050779     Document Type: Article

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