α-synuclein immunoreactivity in glial cytoplasmic inclusions in multiple system atrophy

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 249, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 180-182

  Wakabayashi, Koichi ^a   Yoshimoto, Makoto ^b   Tsuji, Shoji ^a   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^a  

^a Niigata University   (Japan)

^b Medicinal Research Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Synuclein; Glial cytoplasmic inclusion; Immunohistochemistry; Multiple system atrophy; Neurodegeneration; Oligodendrocyte; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CELL INCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEWY BODY; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEWY BODIES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; SYNUCLEINS; UBIQUITINS;

EID: 0032546895     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00407-8     Document Type: Article

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