Coexistence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and argyrophilic grain disease: A non-demented autopsy case showing circumscribed temporal atrophy and involvement of the amygdala

Neuropathology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 539-550

  Yokota, Osamu ^a,b   Tsuchiya, Kuniaki ^a,c   Noguchi, Yoshimasa ^d   Akabane, Hisamasa ^d   Ishizu, Hideki ^b,e   Saito, Yukinobu ^d   Akiyama, Haruhiko ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN MATSUZAWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d YOKOSUKA KYOSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Zikei Institute of Psychiatry   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circumscribed atrophy; Dementia; Frontotemporal lobar degeneration, tau; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN;

AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARGYROPHILIC GRAIN DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOPSY; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CELL LOSS; COGNITION; DENTATE GYRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RECOGNITION; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; AMYGDALA; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; DITERPENES; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TAUOPATHIES; TEMPORAL LOBE; UBIQUITIN;

EID: 35748950391     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2007.00805.x     Document Type: Article

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