In vivo evidence of neuronal loss in the hypothalamus of narcoleptic patients

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1513-1515

  Lodi, Raffaele ^a,b   Tonon, C ^a   Vignatelli, L ^a   Iotti, S ^a   Montagna, P ^a   Barbiroli, B ^a   Plazzi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE PHOSPHATE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; OREXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; NERVE CELL LESION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 7044221981     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000142259.94107.4C     Document Type: Article

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