TDP-43 and ubiquitinated cytoplasmic aggregates in sporadic ALS are low frequency and widely distributed in the lower motor neuron columns independent of disease spread

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 321-327

  Bodansky, Aaron ^a   Kim, Jae Mun Hugo ^a   Tempest, Lynne ^a   Velagapudi, Amit ^a   Libby, Ryan ^a   Ravits, John ^a  

^a BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic inclusions; Immunohistochemistry (IHC); Neuropathology; Sporadic ALS; TDP 43; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

TAR DNA BINDING PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARM; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEG; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MOTONEURON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TISSUE SECTION; TRUNK; UBIQUITINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CELL COUNT; CYTOPLASM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UBIQUITIN;

EID: 77952158568     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482961003602363     Document Type: Article

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