Neuropathologic findings in an aged albino Gorilla

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 531-537

  Marquez M ^a   Serafin, A ^a   FernAndez Bellon H ^b   Serrat, S ^b   Ferrer Admetlla, A ^c   Bertranpetit, J ^c   Ferrer, I ^d   Pumarola, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Parc Zoologic de Barcelona   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Axonal dystrophy; Gorilla; Iron; Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation; Nonhuman primate; Pallido nigral degeneration; Pantothenate kinase associated neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

PRIMATES;

DNA; IRON; PANTOTHENATE KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FATALITY; GENETICS; GORILLA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; NERVE DEGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; APE DISEASES; DNA; FATAL OUTCOME; GORILLA GORILLA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRON; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NERVE DEGENERATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR;

EID: 54749098470     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.45-4-531     Document Type: Article

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