Proportional neuronal loss between the primary motor and sensory cortex in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 503, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-75

  Mochizuki, Yoko ^a   Mizutani, Toshio ^a   Shimizu, Toshio ^a   Kawata, Akihiro ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Primary motor cortex; Primary somatosensory cortex; Proportional neuronal loss; Pyramidal tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 80052651800     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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