α-synuclein pathology accumulates in sacral spinal visceral sensory pathways

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 142-149

  Vanderhorst, Veronique G ^a   Samardzic, Tamara ^a   Saper, Clifford B ^a   Anderson, Matthew P ^a   Nag, Sukriti ^b,c   Schneider, Julie A ^b,c   Bennett, David A ^b,c   Buchman, Aron S ^b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SENSORY NERVE; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY URGENCY; VERY ELDERLY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC VERTEBRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEWY BODY DISEASE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; PARKINSON DISEASE; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

EID: 84933179672     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.24430     Document Type: Article

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