Alterations in tau protein metabolism during normal aging

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-103

  Mukaetova Ladinska, E B ^a   Harrington, C R ^a   Roth, M ^b   Wischik, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimers disease; Normal tau protein; PHF tau protein

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; TAU PROTEINS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030053299     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106861     Document Type: Article

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