α-Synuclein pathology in the spinal cords of neurologically asymptomatic aged individuals

Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1100-1102

  Klos, K J ^a   Ahlskog, J E ^a   Josephs, K A ^a   Apaydin, H ^b   Parisi, J E ^a   Boeve, B F ^a   DeLucia, M W ^c   Dickson, D W ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEWY BODY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NEURITE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VAGUS NERVE; BRAIN; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; BRAIN; HUMANS; LEWY BODIES; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33646109064     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000204179.88955.fa     Document Type: Article

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