Loss of cholinergic synapses on the spinal motor neurons of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 329-333

  Nagao, Masahiro ^a   Misawa, Hidemi ^b   Kato, Shuichi ^a   Hirai, Shunsaku ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axon collateral; C bouton; Excitotoxicity; Inhibitory synapse; Interneuron; Motor cortex

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0031920456     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199804000-00004     Document Type: Article

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