Lewy bodies in Betz cells of the motor cortex in a patient with Parkinson's disease

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-192

  Wakabayashi, Koichi ^a   Mori, Fumiaki ^a   Oyama, Yoshinobu ^b   Kurihara, Aiichiro ^b   Kamada, Mitsuru ^b   Yoshimoto, Makoto ^c   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^d  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AOMORI ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Medicinal Research Laboratories   (Japan)

^d NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Betz cell; Lewy body; Motor cortex; Parkinson's disease; Synuclein

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; LEVODOPA; NERVE PROTEIN; SNCA PROTEIN, HUMAN; SYNUCLEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYKINESIA; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CELL INCLUSION; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DEATH; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; GAIT DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEWY BODY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; RIGIDITY; TREMOR; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEWY BODIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SYNUCLEINS;

EID: 0038452819     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-002-0625-6     Document Type: Article

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