Aggregation of neurofilament and α-synuclein proteins in Lewy bodies: Implications for the pathogenesis of Parkinson disease and Lewy body dementia

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-152

  Trojanowski, John Q ^a   Lee, Virginia M Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL INCLUSION; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEWY BODY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROFILAMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REVIEW; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

AGED; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL AGGREGATION; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; LEWY BODIES; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POINT MUTATION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYNUCLEINS; UBIQUITINS;

EID: 0031910093     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.55.2.151     Document Type: Review

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