Characterisation of isolated α-synuclein filaments from substantia nigra of Parkinson's disease brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 128-130

  Crowther, R Anthony ^a   Daniel, Susan E ^b   Goedert, Michel ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Synuclein; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Isolated filaments; Lewy bodies; Lewy neurites; Multiple system atrophy; Parkinson's disease; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEWY BODY; MORPHOLOGY; NEURITE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ANTIBODIES; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARKINSON DISEASE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYNUCLEINS;

EID: 0034613450     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01440-3     Document Type: Article

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