Nerve cell loss in the thalamic centromedian-parafascicular complex in patients with Huntington's disease

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-168

  Heinsen, H ^a   Rub U ^b   Gangnus, D ^b   Jungkunz, G ^b   Bauer, M ^c   Ulmar, G ^c   Bethke, B ^d   Schuler M ^e   Bocker F ^e   Eisenmenger, W ^f   Gotz M ^g   Strik, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Nervenkrankenhaus Bezirks U   (Germany)

^c Psychiatrisches Landeskrankenhaus   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Germany)

^e Nervenkrankenhaus Bezirks O   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g KLINIKUM ASCHAFFENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human brain; Huntington's disease; Neurone number; Nuclei centromedianus parafascicularis; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MACROGLIA; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; THALAMUS PARAFASCICULAR NUCLEUS;

ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THALAMUS;

EID: 13344278683     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050408     Document Type: Article

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