Synaptophysin expression in the striatum in Huntington's disease.
This immunohistochemical study compares the expression of synaptophysin ( SYP) in the striatum in Huntington's disease ( HD) with that of calcineurin (CaN), a marker for striatal medium-sized spinous neurons. As compared to controls, in the HD striatum there was a significant loss of SYP immunoreactivity with residual staining displaying an inhomogeneous pattern, which strikingly resembled that of CaN. Our results may indicate that there is a synaptic loss in the striatum with HD and this is most likely due to loss of medium-sized spinous neurons characteristic of this disease.[1]References
- Synaptophysin expression in the striatum in Huntington's disease. Goto, S., Hirano, A. Acta Neuropathol. (1990) [Pubmed]
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