Brain α-synuclein accumulation in multiple system atrophy, Parkinson's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy: A comparative investigation

Brain

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 172-188

  Tong, Junchao ^a   Wong, Henry ^a   Guttman, Mark ^a,b   Ang, Lee C ^c   Forno, Lysia S ^d   Shimadzu, Mitsunobu ^e   Rajput, Ali H ^f   Muenter, Manfred D ^g   Kish, Stephen J ^a   Hornykiewicz, Oleh ^h   Furukawa, Yoshiaki ^a,i,j  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b Centre for Movement Disorders   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e LSI MEDIENCE CORPORATION   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

ⁱ JUNTENDO TOKYO KOTO GERIATRIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^j JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Multiple system atrophy; Parkinson's disease; Progressive supranuclear palsy; Western blot; synuclein

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; DOPAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CAPSULA INTERNA; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; PUTAMEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SOLUBILITY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 74249111692     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awp282     Document Type: Article

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