Spinocerebellar ataxias types 2 and 3: Degeneration of the precerebellar nuclei isolates the three phylogenetically defined regions of the cerebellum

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1523-1545

  Rub U ^a   Gierga, K ^a   Brunt, E R ^b   De Vos, R A I ^c   Bauer, M ^d   Schols L ^e   Burk K ^f   Auburger, G ^a   Bohl, J ^g   Schultz, C ^a   Vuksic, M ^a   Burbach, G J ^a   Braak, H ^a   Deller, T ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Laboratorium Pathologie Oost Nederland   (Netherlands)

^d Department of Neuropathology   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ataxias; Brainstem; Machado Joseph disease; Pathoanatomy; Polyglutamine diseases; Precerebellar nuclei; Spinocerebellar ataxias

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TISSUE; CADAVER; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR OLIVE; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NISSL STAINING; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PHYLOGENY; PONS; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SPINAL CORD; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 2; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 3; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACHADO-JOSEPH DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; RED NUCLEUS; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; STAINING AND LABELING; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 27144467422     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-005-0287-3     Document Type: Article

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