Some unusual responses of astrocytes to ghost tangles in a long duration case of juvenile Alzheimer's disease: An electron microscopic study

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 41-46

  Nakano, Imaharu ^a   Iwatsubo, Takeshi ^b   Otsuka, Naruhito ^b   Kamei, Masaki ^b   Matsumura, Kiichro ^c   Mannen, Tohru ^d  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Astrocyte; Basal lamina; Electron microscopy; Ghost tangle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASTROCYTES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES;

EID: 0029962270     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(95)00256-2     Document Type: Article

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