Corticobasal degeneration: Widespread argentophilic threads and glia in addition to neurofibrillary tangles. Similarities of cytoskeletal abnormalities in corticobasal degeneration and progressive supranuclear palsy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 66-77

  Takahashi, Tatsuya ^a   Amano, Naoji ^a,b   Hanihara, Tokiji ^a   Nagatomo, Hideki ^a   Yagishita, Saburo ^a   Itoh, Yoji ^a   Yamaoka, Keiko ^a   Toda, Hiroyuki ^c   Tanabe, Tatsuji ^d  

^a KANAGAWA REHABILITATION CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Takanedai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticobasal degeneration; Neurofibrillary tangle; Paired helical filaments; Progressive supranuclear palsy; Straight tubule; Tau

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYTOSKELETON; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEUROGLIA; SILVER STAINING; SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE;

EID: 0030002515     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(95)00347-5     Document Type: Article

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