Immunocytochemical and ultrastructural study of the motor cortex in patients with lower motor neuron disease

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 281, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-48

  Sasaki, Shoichi ^a   Iwata, Makoto ^a  

^a Tokyo Women's Medical University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Betz cell; Electron microscopy; Immunocytochemistry; Lower motor neuron disease; Motor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS;

EID: 0033975718     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)00789-8     Document Type: Article

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