Synapses in the hereditary ataxias

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 748-764

  Koeppen, Arnulf H ^a,d   Dickson, Andrew C ^e   Lamarche, Jacques B ^b   Robitaille, Yves ^c  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d Stratton VA Medical Center   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Friedrich's ataxia; Immunofluorescence; SNAP 25; Spinocerebellar ataxia; Synapses

Indexed keywords

SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIVOPONTOCEREBELLAR ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PURKINJE CELL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SURVIVAL TIME; SYNAPSE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0032776033     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199907000-00009     Document Type: Article

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