Clinicopathological characteristics of FTLD-TDP showing corticospinal tract degeneration but lacking lower motor neuron loss

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 298, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 70-77

  Kobayashi, Zen ^a,b   Tsuchiya, Kuniaki ^a   Arai, Tetsuaki ^a,c   Yokota, Osamu ^d   Yoshida, Mari ^e   Shimomura, Yoko ^a   Kondo, Hiromi ^a   Haga, Chie ^a   Asaoka, Toshiyasu ^f   Onaya, Mitsumoto ^f   Ishizu, Hideki ^g   Akiyama, Haruhiko ^a   Mizusawa, Hidehiro ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f National Hospital Organization Shimofusa Psychiatric Medical Center   (Japan)

^g Zikei Institute of Psychiatry   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Corticospinal tract; FTLD TDP; Motor neuron disease; Primary lateral sclerosis

Indexed keywords

TAR DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APHASIA; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROPIL; ONSET AGE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE DEGENERATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TDP-43 PROTEINOPATHIES; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 77958152848     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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