TorsinA accumulation in Lewy bodies in sporadic Parkinson's disease

Brain Research

Volumn 877, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 379-381

  Shashidharan, P ^a   Good, P F ^a   Hsu, A ^a   Perl, D P ^a   Brin, M F ^a   Olanow, C W ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

synuclein; Lewy bodies; Parkinson's disease; Torsion dystonia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN TORSINA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSTONIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEWY BODY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LEWY BODIES; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PARKINSON DISEASE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0034703336     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02702-5     Document Type: Article

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