Sequential changes of Tau-Site-Specific phosphorylation during development of paired helical filaments

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 177-181

  Kimura, Takeini ^a   Ono, Tsunehiko ^b   Takamatsu, Junichi ^a   Yamamoto, Hideyuki ^b   Ikegami, Ken ^a   Kondo, Akira ^c   Hasegawa, Masato ^b   Ihara, Yasuo ^d   Miyamolo, Eishichi ^b   Miyakawa, Taihei ^b  

^a Kikuchi National Hospital Division of Clinical Research   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Hizen National Mental Hospital   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Neurofibrillary tangles; Neuropil threads; Paired helical filaments; Phosphorylation; Tau

Indexed keywords

SERINE; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CYTOSKELETON; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SERINE; TAU PROTEINS; THREONINE;

EID: 0029817689     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106875     Document Type: Article

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