Ubiquitin-related cytoskeletal abnormality in frontotemporal dementia: Immunohistochemical and immunoelectron microscope studies

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-72

  Kinoshita, Ayae ^a   Tomimoto, Hidekazu ^a   Suenaga, Toshihiko ^b   Akiguchi, Ichiro ^a   Kimura, Jun ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frontotemporal dementia; Immunoelectron microscopy; Intermediate filament; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

UBIQUITIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOSKELETON; DEMENTIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE CELL; NEURITE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; TEMPORAL LOBE; UBIQUITINS;

EID: 0030836455     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050673     Document Type: Article

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