Abnormal glial cytoskeleton in progressive supranuclear palsy

Neuropathology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-144

  Amano, Naoji ^a   Takahashi, Tatsuya ^b   Yagishita, Saburo ^b   Inoue, Masayuki ^a   Matsushita, Masaaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA REHABILITATION CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abnormal glial cytoskeleton; Argyrophilic thread; Glial coiled body; Neuropathology; Progressive supranuclear palsy

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTOSIS; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN STEM; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CEREBELLUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOSKELETON; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY;

EID: 0029895592     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.1996.tb00169.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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