Dipeptide repeat protein and TDP-43 pathology along the hypothalamic-pituitary axis in C9orf72 and non-C9orf72 ALS and FTLD-TDP cases

Lieselot Dedeene^{1

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5}, Evelien Van Schoor^{2

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5}, Simona Ospitalieri², Alicja Ronisz², Jochen H Weishaupt⁶, Markus Otto⁶, Albert C Ludolph⁶, Angelika Scheuerle⁷, Rik Vandenberghe^{8

9}, Philip Van Damme^{4

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8}, Koen Poesen^{1

3}, Dietmar Rudolf Thal^{10

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Affiliations

¹ Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiomarker Research, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium.
² Laboratory for Neuropathology, Department of Imaging and Pathology, Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), KU Leuven (University of Leuven), O&N IV Herestraat 49-Bus 1032, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
³ Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ Laboratory for Neurobiology, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium.
⁵ Center for Brain and Disease Research, VIB, Leuven, Belgium.
⁶ Department of Neurology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
⁷ Institute of Pathology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
⁸ Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁹ Laboratory for Cognitive Neurology, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium.
¹⁰ Laboratory for Neuropathology, Department of Imaging and Pathology, Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), KU Leuven (University of Leuven), O&N IV Herestraat 49-Bus 1032, 3000, Leuven, Belgium. dietmar.thal@kuleuven.be.
¹¹ Department of Pathology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. dietmar.thal@kuleuven.be.

Lieselot Dedeene et al. Acta Neuropathol. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;140(5):777-781.

doi: 10.1007/s00401-020-02216-9. Epub 2020 Aug 30.

¹ Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiomarker Research, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium.
² Laboratory for Neuropathology, Department of Imaging and Pathology, Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), KU Leuven (University of Leuven), O&N IV Herestraat 49-Bus 1032, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
³ Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ Laboratory for Neurobiology, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium.
⁵ Center for Brain and Disease Research, VIB, Leuven, Belgium.
⁶ Department of Neurology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
⁷ Institute of Pathology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
⁸ Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁹ Laboratory for Cognitive Neurology, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium.
¹⁰ Laboratory for Neuropathology, Department of Imaging and Pathology, Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), KU Leuven (University of Leuven), O&N IV Herestraat 49-Bus 1032, 3000, Leuven, Belgium. dietmar.thal@kuleuven.be.
¹¹ Department of Pathology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. dietmar.thal@kuleuven.be.

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