Glial cytoplasmic inclusions and tissue injury in multiple system atrophy: A quantitative study in white matter (olivopontocerebellar system) and gray matter (nigrostriatal system)

Neuropathology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 249-257

  Ishizawa, Keisuke ^a,b   Komori, Takashi ^b   Arai, Nobutaka ^b   Mizutani, Toshio ^c   Hirose, Takanori ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

synuclein; Glial cytoplasmic inclusion; Microglia; Multiple system atrophy; Tissue injury

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; UBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN INJURY; CELL INCLUSION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KLUVER BARRERA CLASSIFICATION; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; OLIVOPONTOCEREBELLAR ATROPHY; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; STRIATONIGRAL DEGENERATION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSION BODIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; NEUROGLIA;

EID: 43049102024     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2007.00855.x     Document Type: Article

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