Reduction of Acetylated α-Tubulin Immunoreactivity in Neurofibrillary Tangle-bearing Neurons in Alzheimer's Disease

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 964-972

  Hempen, Bart ^a   Brion, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acetylated tubulin; Alzheimer's disease; Microtubule stability; Neurofibrillary tangles; Tau

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ACETYLATION; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACETYLATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL COUNT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULES; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; TAU PROTEINS; TUBULIN;

EID: 0030240325     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199609000-00003     Document Type: Article

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