Extended pathoanatomical studies point to a consistent affection of the thalamus in spinocerebellar ataxia type 2

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-140

  Rüb, Udo ^a   Del Turco, D ^a   Burk K ^b   Orozco Diaz, G ^c   Auburger, G ^a   Mittelbronn, M ^d   Gierga, K ^a   Ghebremedhin, E ^a   Schultz, C ^a   Schols L ^e   Bohl, J ^f   Braak, H ^a   Deller, T ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c Division of Cardiology   (Cuba)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pathoanatomy; Polyglutamine diseases; SCA2; Spinocerebellar ataxias; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN; POLYGLUTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NISSL SUBSTANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TARGET CELL; THALAMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SECTION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 20144387610     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2004.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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