Neuropathology of cervical dystonia

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
6018190	Experimental Neurology	2013	10 Pages	PDF

Abstract

âº Subjects with cervical dystonia had a lower density of cerebellar Purkinje cells. âº Subjects with THAP1 variants had a lower density of cerebellar Purkinje cells. âº No consistent abnormalities were identified in the basal ganglia, or other regions.

Keywords

ACC TAR DNA binding protein 43 Marinesco bodies Hand tremor DYT6 IC2 THAP1 FHD locus ceruleus TDP-43 CTX NFT STN NBM PAG CRB CNF H&E MRI blepharospasm Alzheimer's disease Cerebrovascular disease Thalamus Magnetic resonance imaging Thal Spasmodic torticollis substantia nigra periaqueductal gray Not available focal hand dystonia cervical dystonia CVD Female Brainstem PMI reticular formation Spinal cord basal ganglia Post-mortem interval PUT cerebral cortex PPN Cerebellum Identifier Autopsy study HIP neurofibrillary tangles Midbrain Male Sequence variant Nucleus accumbens Pedunculopontine nucleus cuneiform nucleus red nucleus Interstitial nucleus of Cajal nucleus basalis of Meynert Subthalamic nucleus hematoxylin/eosin Hippocampus Inc Putamen Cod caudate Tegmentum Globus pallidus