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Quantitative study of intermediolateral column cell counts in Machado-Joseph disease. 1996

K Sakajiri, and T Makifuchi, and N Fukuhara, and T Nakajima
Department of Neurology, National Saigata Hospital, Niigata, Japan.

The number of intermediolateral column (ILC) neurons in 6 alternating segments from the 2nd to 12th thoracic segment of the spinal cord were studied in 4 cases with Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), 3 cases with olivopontocerebellar atrophy (OPCA), a case with Shy-Drager syndrome (SDS), and 5 normal controls. We counted the number of ILC neurons with clearly defined nucleoli in 12 sections of each segment, each section 20 microns thick and taken at 100 microns intervals and then divided the 6 alternating segments into 3 groups, upper (Th2, 4), middle (Th6, 8) and lower (Th10, 12). In each of the three groups of normal control cases, the number of ILC neurons had decreased with aging. In all MJD cases, the number of ILC neurons had moderately decreased in comparison with age-matched controls. One of the MJD cases showed a marked decrease in the number of ILC neurons, as did the SDS case. The ILCs of the entire thoracic spinal cord in the MJD cases were moderately involved.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009474 Neurons The basic cellular units of nervous tissue. Each neuron consists of a body, an axon, and dendrites. Their purpose is to receive, conduct, and transmit impulses in the NERVOUS SYSTEM. Nerve Cells,Cell, Nerve,Cells, Nerve,Nerve Cell,Neuron
D009849 Olivopontocerebellar Atrophies A group of inherited and sporadic disorders which share progressive ataxia in combination with atrophy of the CEREBELLUM; PONS; and inferior olivary nuclei. Additional clinical features may include MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; RETINAL DEGENERATION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; DEMENTIA; URINARY INCONTINENCE; and OPHTHALMOPLEGIA. The familial form has an earlier onset (second decade) and may feature spinal cord atrophy. The sporadic form tends to present in the fifth or sixth decade, and is considered a clinical subtype of MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1085) Dejerine-Thomas Syndrome,Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy, Idiopathic,Olivopontocerebellar Hypoplasia,Familial Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy,Inherited Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy,Nonfamilial Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy,Olivo-Ponto-Cerebellar Atrophy,Olivo-Ponto-Cerebellar Degeneration,Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy,Olivopontocerebellar Degeneration,Pontoolivocerebellar Atrophy,Presenile Ataxia,Ataxia, Presenile,Atrophy, Familial Olivopontocerebellar,Atrophy, Idiopathic Olivopontocerebellar,Atrophy, Inherited Olivopontocerebellar,Atrophy, Nonfamilial Olivopontocerebellar,Atrophy, Olivo-Ponto-Cerebellar,Atrophy, Olivopontocerebellar,Atrophy, Pontoolivocerebellar,Degeneration, Olivo-Ponto-Cerebellar,Degeneration, Olivopontocerebellar,Dejerine Thomas Syndrome,Familial Olivopontocerebellar Atrophies,Hypoplasia, Olivopontocerebellar,Idiopathic Olivopontocerebellar Atrophies,Idiopathic Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy,Inherited Olivopontocerebellar Atrophies,Nonfamilial Olivopontocerebellar Atrophies,Olivo Ponto Cerebellar Atrophy,Olivo Ponto Cerebellar Degeneration,Olivo-Ponto-Cerebellar Degenerations,Olivopontocerebellar Atrophies, Familial,Olivopontocerebellar Atrophies, Nonfamilial,Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy, Familial,Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy, Inherited,Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy, Nonfamilial,Olivopontocerebellar Degenerations,Olivopontocerebellar Hypoplasias,Pontoolivocerebellar Atrophies,Presenile Ataxias,Syndrome, Dejerine-Thomas
D002452 Cell Count The number of CELLS of a specific kind, usually measured per unit volume or area of sample. Cell Density,Cell Number,Cell Counts,Cell Densities,Cell Numbers,Count, Cell,Counts, Cell,Densities, Cell,Density, Cell,Number, Cell,Numbers, Cell
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D012791 Shy-Drager Syndrome A progressive neurodegenerative condition of the central and autonomic nervous systems characterized by atrophy of the preganglionic lateral horn neurons of the thoracic spinal cord. This disease is generally considered a clinical variant of MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY. Affected individuals present in the fifth or sixth decade with ORTHOSTASIS and bladder dysfunction; and later develop FECAL INCONTINENCE; anhidrosis; ATAXIA; IMPOTENCE; and alterations of tone suggestive of basal ganglia dysfunction. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p536) Autonomic Failure, Progressive,Idiopathic Orthostatic Hypotension, Shy-Drager Type,Orthostatic Hypotension, Dysautonomic,Dysautonomia-Orthostatic Hypotension Syndrome,Syndrome, Dysautonomia-Orthostatic Hypotension,Autonomic Failures, Progressive,Dysautonomia Orthostatic Hypotension Syndrome,Dysautonomia-Orthostatic Hypotension Syndromes,Dysautonomic Orthostatic Hypotension,Dysautonomic Orthostatic Hypotensions,Failure, Progressive Autonomic,Failures, Progressive Autonomic,Hypotension Syndrome, Dysautonomia-Orthostatic,Hypotension Syndromes, Dysautonomia-Orthostatic,Hypotension, Dysautonomic Orthostatic,Hypotensions, Dysautonomic Orthostatic,Idiopathic Orthostatic Hypotension, Shy Drager Type,Orthostatic Hypotensions, Dysautonomic,Progressive Autonomic Failure,Progressive Autonomic Failures,Shy Drager Syndrome,Syndrome, Dysautonomia Orthostatic Hypotension,Syndrome, Shy-Drager,Syndromes, Dysautonomia-Orthostatic Hypotension
D013116 Spinal Cord A cylindrical column of tissue that lies within the vertebral canal. It is composed of WHITE MATTER and GRAY MATTER. Coccygeal Cord,Conus Medullaris,Conus Terminalis,Lumbar Cord,Medulla Spinalis,Myelon,Sacral Cord,Thoracic Cord,Coccygeal Cords,Conus Medullari,Conus Terminali,Cord, Coccygeal,Cord, Lumbar,Cord, Sacral,Cord, Spinal,Cord, Thoracic,Cords, Coccygeal,Cords, Lumbar,Cords, Sacral,Cords, Spinal,Cords, Thoracic,Lumbar Cords,Medulla Spinali,Medullari, Conus,Medullaris, Conus,Myelons,Sacral Cords,Spinal Cords,Spinali, Medulla,Spinalis, Medulla,Terminali, Conus,Terminalis, Conus,Thoracic Cords

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