α-Synuclein accumulates in Purkinje cells in Lewy body disease but not in multiple system atrophy

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 812-819

  Mori, Fumiaki ^a   Piao, Yue Shan ^b   Hayashi, Shintaro ^b   Fujiwara, Hideo ^c   Hasegawa, Masato ^d   Yoshimoto, Makoto ^e   Iwatsubo, Takeshi ^c   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^b   Wakabayashi, Koichi ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e Medicinal Research Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Multiple system atrophy; Parkinson disease; Purkinje cell; Synuclein; Synucleinopathy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEWY BODY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PURKINJE CELL; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; TAUOPATHY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0041833613     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnen/62.8.812     Document Type: Article

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