α-Synuclein in motor neuron disease: An immunohistologic study

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-175

  Doherty, M J ^b   Bird, T D ^a,b   Leverenz, J B ^a,b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Synuclein; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Immunohistochemistry; Lewy body

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL INCLUSION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; GRAY MATTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEWY BODY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MYELINATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SPHEROID CELL; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TISSUE SECTION; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACTS; SYNUCLEINS;

EID: 0842329802     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-003-0790-2     Document Type: Review

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