Immunolocalization of GQ1b and related gangliosides in human extraocular neuromuscular junctions and muscle spindles

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 3226-3232

  Liu, Jing Xia ^a   Willison, Hugh J ^b   Pedrosa Domellöf, Fatima ^a,c  

^a Section for Anatomy   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE; GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GD 1B; GANGLIOSIDE GD 1B ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GQ 1B; GANGLIOSIDE GQ 1B ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GT 1A; GANGLIOSIDE GT 1A ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GANGLIOSIDE, GD1B; GQ1B GANGLIOSIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TRISIALOGANGLIOSIDE GT1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MALE; MUSCLE CAPILLARY; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NECK MUSCLE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GANGLIOSIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MILLER FISHER SYNDROME; MUSCLE SPINDLES; NECK MUSCLES; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PSOAS MUSCLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649961667     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-3333     Document Type: Article

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