Increased number of astrocytes and macrophages/microglial cells in the corpus callosum in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neuropathology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 591-599

  Sugiyama, Mikiko ^a,c   Takao, Masaki ^a   Hatsuta, Hiroyuki ^a   Funabe, Sayaka ^a   Ito, Shinji ^a   Obi, Tomokazu ^b   Tanaka, Fumiaki ^c   Kuroiwa, Yoshiyuki ^c   Murayama, Shigeo ^a  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF EPILEPSY AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Corpus callosum; Motor cortex; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

CHLORDANE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROGLIA; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; WHITE MATTER;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROPATHOLOGY;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ASTROCYTES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICROGLIA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84897037602     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/neup.12027     Document Type: Article

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