Ultrastructural study of Betz cells in the primary motor cortex of the human brain

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 699-708

  Sasaki, Shoichi ^a   Iwata, Makoto ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Betz cell; Bunina like body; Human brain; Motor cortex; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CELL INCLUSION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ELECTRON; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMELLAR BODY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

EID: 0035666703     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2001.19960699.x     Document Type: Article

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