Restricted occurrence of Lewy bodies in the dorsal vagal nucleus in a patient with late-onset parkinsonism

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 188-191

  Wakabayashi, Koichi ^a   Toyoshima, Yasuko ^a   Awamori, Kazuaki ^a   Anezaki, Toshiharu ^a   Yoshimoto, Makoto ^b   Tsuji, Shoji ^a   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^a  

^a Niigata University   (Japan)

^b Medicinal Research Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Synuclein; Dorsal vagal nucleus; Lewy body; Parkinson's disease; Parkinsonism

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; LEVODOPA; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEWY BODY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL NUCLEUS;

ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; BRAIN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; LEWY BODIES; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0033150421     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00101-X     Document Type: Article

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