Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3): Thalamic neurodegeneration occurs independently from thalamic ataxin-3 immunopositive neuronal intranuclear inclusions

Brain Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 218-227

  Rüb, Udo ^a   De Vos, Rob A I ^b   Brunt, Ewout R ^c   Sebestény, Tamás ^a   Schöls, Ludger ^d   Auburger, Georg ^a   Bohl, Jürgen ^e   Ghebremedhin, Estifanos ^a   Gierga, Kristin ^a   Seidel, Kay ^a   Den Dunnen, Wilfred ^c   Heinsen, Helmut ^f   Paulson, Henry ^g   Deller, Thomas ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Laboratorium Pathologie Oost Nederland   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 3; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DNA; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NERVE DEGENERATION; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; THALAMUS;

EID: 33746791455     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2006.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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