Mitochondrial alterations in dorsal root ganglion cells in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 633-639

  Sasaki, Shoichi ^a   Horie, Yoshiharu ^b   Iwata, Makoto ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Dorsal root ganglia; Inclusion bodies; Intermembrane space; Mitochondria; Motor neuron disease; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CELL INCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL GANGLION;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS, AFFERENT;

EID: 36348993804     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-007-0299-1     Document Type: Article

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