Constant and severe involvement of Betz cells in corticobasal degeneration is not consistent with pyramidal signs: A clinicopathological study of ten autopsy cases

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 353-366

  Tsuchiya, Kuniaki ^a,b,c   Murayama, Shigeo ^d   Mitani, Kazuko ^e   Oda, Tatsuro ^f   Arima, Kunimasa ^g   Mimura, Masaru ^h   Nagura, Hiroshi ^e   Haga, Chie ^b   Akiyama, Haruhiko ^b   Yamanouchi, Hiroshi ^e   Mizusawa, Hidehiro ^c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN MATSUZAWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Metropolitan Gerontology ^*  (Japan)

^e Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^f National Hospital Organization Shimofusa Psychiatric Medical Center   (Japan)

^g National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry   (Japan)

^h SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Betz cells; Charcot Rebeiz disease; Corticobasal degeneration; Pyramidal signs; Pyramidal tract degeneration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; AUTOPSY; BABINSKI REFLEX; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERREFLEXIA; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPASTICITY;

AGED; ASTROCYTES; AUTOPSY; BASAL GANGLIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REFLEX, BABINSKI; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 21044451419     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-004-0966-4     Document Type: Article

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