Subcortical neurofibrillary tangles, neuropil threads, and argentophilic glial inclusions in corticobasal degeneration

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 209-214

  Matsumoto, S ^a   Udaka, F ^b   Kameyama, M ^b   Kusaka, H ^a   Ito, H ^a   Imai, T ^a  

^a Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

^b SUMITOMO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ballooned neurons; Corticobasal degeneration; Immunohistochemistry; Neuronal loss; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY;

AXONS; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEUROGLIA; SILVER STAINING; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0030015737     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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