Improved selectivity and sensitivity in the visualization of neurofibrillary tangles, plaques and neuropil threads

Neurodegeneration

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-187

  Cullen, K M ^c   Halliday, G M ^a   Cartwright, H ^a   Kril, J J ^b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Neuropathology; Silver stains; Tau; Thioflavin s; amyloid

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; NICKEL; PEROXIDASE; TAU PROTEIN; THIOFLAVINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENILE PLAQUE; SILVER IMPREGNATION; SILVER STAINING; STAINING;

EID: 0030175758     PISSN: 10558330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/neur.1996.0025     Document Type: Article

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