Paired helical filaments in corticobasal degeneration: The fine fibrillary structure with NanoVan

Brain Research

Volumn 773, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 33-44

  Tracz, Elzbieta ^a   Dickson, Dennis W ^a   Hainfeld, James F ^b   Ksiezak Reding, Hanna ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Corticobasal degeneration; Paired helical filament; Transmission electron microscopy; Ultrastructure; Vanadate

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROFILAMENT; PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUROTHIOGLUCOSE; BRAIN; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROFIBRILS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; TAU PROTEINS; VANADATES;

EID: 0030705151     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00830-5     Document Type: Article

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