The somatosensory cortex in multiple system atrophy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 174-179

  Mochizuki, Yoko ^a   Mizutani, Toshio ^a   Warabi, Yoko ^a   Shimizu, Toshio ^a   Isozaki, Eiji ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multiple system atrophy; Neuronal loss; Pontine nuclei; Primary motor area; Putamen; Pyramidal tract; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; NERVE DEGENERATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 45849121748     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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