Differential motor neuron involvement in progressive muscular atrophy: A comparative study with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Riku, Yuichi ^a   Atsuta, Naoki ^a   Yoshida, Mari ^b   Tatsumi, Shinsui ^b   Iwasaki, Yasushi ^b   Mimuro, Maya ^b   Watanabe, Hirohisa ^a   Ito, Mizuki ^a   Senda, Jo ^a   Nakamura, Ryoichi ^a   Koike, Haruki ^a   Sobue, Gen ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYELIN; TAR DNA BINDING PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR OLIVE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RADICULOPATHY; RETICULAR FORMATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; TRACHEOSTOMY; WEAKNESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84901488122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005213     Document Type: Article

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