Synchrotron X-ray fluorescence reveals abnormal metal distributions in brain and spinal cord in spinocerebellar ataxia: A case report

Cerebellum

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 340-351

  Popescu, Bogdan F Gh ^a   Robinson, Christopher A ^a   Chapman, L Dean ^a   Nichol, Helen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Copper; Iron; Neurodegeneration; Rapid scanning X ray fluorescence; Spinocerebellar ataxia; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON; MYELIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE NUCLEUS; GLIOSIS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR OLIVE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; METALS; SPINAL CORD; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; SYNCHROTRONS; X-RAYS;

EID: 69549114532     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-009-0102-z     Document Type: Article

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