Argyrophilic grain disease: Widespread hyperphosphorylation of tau protein in limbic neurons

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 477-484

  Tolnay, M ^a   Spillantini, M G ^b   Goedert, M ^b   Ulrich, J ^a   Langui, D ^a   Probst, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argyrophilic grain disease; Tau protein phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ARGENTAFFIN CELL; ARGYROPHILIC GRAIN DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DEMENTIA; DENDRITE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMBIC CORTEX; NERVE CELL; NEURITE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

EID: 0030895340     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050642     Document Type: Article

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