Depletion of catecholaminergic neurons of the rostral ventrolateral medulla in multiple systems atrophy with autonomic failure

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 156-163

  Benarroch, Eduardo E ^a   Smithson, Inge L ^a   Low, Phillip A ^a   Parisi, Joseph E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME;

NASA DISCIPLINE CARDIOPULMONARY; NON-NASA CENTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CATECHOLAMINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; NEURONS; RETICULAR FORMATION;

EID: 0031936544     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410430205     Document Type: Article

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