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Alterations of striatal neurons in benign hereditary chorea
Author(s) -
KleinerFisman Galit,
Calingasan Noel Y.,
Putt Mary,
Chen June,
Beal M.Flint,
Lang Anthony E.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.20577
Subject(s) - chorea , immunohistochemistry , pathological , pathology , neuroscience , medicine , biology , disease
Benign hereditary chorea (BHC) recently has been associated with mutations in TITF‐1 gene, although a pathological study of an individual with BHC and a TITF‐1 mutation revealed no significant gross or microscopic abnormalities using standard methods. Immunohistochemical staining of striatal tissue from a BHC‐affected postmortem brain was performed using antibodies against neurotransmitters of interneurons whose tangential migration is mediated by TITF‐1. There was a loss of most TITF‐1–mediated striatal interneurons in the BHC specimen compared to four matched control brains. © 2005 Movement Disorder Society