Symptom heterogeneity in Huntington's disease correlates with neuronal degeneration in the cerebral cortex

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 96, Issue , 2016, Pages 67-74

  Mehrabi, Nasim F ^a   Waldvogel, Henry J ^a   Tippett, Lynette J ^a   Hogg, Virginia M ^a   Synek, Beth J ^a,b   Faull, Richard L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Huntington's disease; Interneurons; Pathology; Pyramidal cells; Variable symptoms

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LOSS; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INTERNEURON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY CORTEX; STEREOMETRY; SYMPTOM; AUTOPSY; CELL DEATH; COMPLICATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CELL DEATH; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 84984973508     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: 1095953X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2016.08.015     Document Type: Article

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