A stable proportion of Lewy body bearing neurons in the substantia nigra suggests a model in which the Lewy body causes neuronal death

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-103

  Greffard, Sandrine ^a   Verny, Marc ^a   Bonnet, Anne Marie ^a   Seilhean, Danielle ^a   Hauw, Jean Jacques ^a   Duyckaerts, Charles ^a,b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Lewy body; Neuronal death; Parkinson disease; synuclein

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEWY BODY; LIFESPAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYMPTOM;

EID: 70449532484     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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