Loss of aquaporin 4 in lesions of neuromyelitis optica: Distinction from multiple sclerosis

Brain

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1224-1234

  Misu, T ^a   Fujihara, K ^a   Kakita, A ^b   Konno, H ^c   Nakamura, M ^a   Watanabe, S ^a   Takahashi, T ^a   Nakashima, I ^a   Takahashi, H ^b   Itoyama, Y ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization Sendai Nishitaga Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 4; Astrocyte; Multiple sclerosis; Necrosis; Neuromyelitis optica

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C9; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CENTRAL GRAY MATTER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFARCTION; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELINATED NERVE; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINAL CORD LESION; TISSUE SECTION; WHITE MATTER; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; DISEASE COURSE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AQUAPORIN 4; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT C9; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFARCTION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; OPTIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 34249711828     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awm047     Document Type: Article

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