THE ULTRASTRUCTURE OF INTRAMUSCULAR NERVES IN AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS
THE ULTRASTRUCTURE OF INTRAMUSCULAR NERVES IN AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00691318
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
12.7
通讯作者:
ATSUMI, T
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作者:
ATSUMI, T
Muscle biopsies of 11 patients suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) were examined and the i.m. nerves found in 7 were examined by EM. In atrophied muscles there was a marked decrease of myelinated fibers. The ultrastructure of the remaining myelinated axons showed changes in the neurofilaments, mitochondria and vesicles. There was a decrease in the number of unmyelinated and myelinated fibers. Occasionally there was an increase of unmyelinated fibers containing small fine axons. There were corpora amylacea in unmyelinated axons and banded structures in the extracellular area of the Schwann cells of the unmyelinated fibers. Some of these findings were considered as ultrastructural features of degeneration and regeneration in i.m. nerves of motoneurons in ALS.