α-Synuclein pathology in the spinal cord autonomic nuclei associates with α-synuclein pathology in the brain: A population-based Vantaa 85+ study

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 715-722

  Oinas, Minna ^a   Paetau, Anders ^a   Myllykangas, Liisa ^a   Notkola, Irma Leena ^b   Kalimo, Hannu ^a   Polvikoski, Tuomo ^c  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Finnish Information Centre for Register Research   (Finland)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

S pathologypathology; Synuclein; Dementia with lewy bodies; Lewy related pathology; Parkinson's disease; Population based study; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEWY BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURITE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPIL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROPIL; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 77953024810     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-009-0629-6     Document Type: Article

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