Discrepancy between tau immunoreactivity and argyrophilia by the Bodian method in neocortical neurons of corticobasal degeneration

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 553-557

  Uchihara, Toshiki ^a,b   Mizusawa, Hidehiro ^a   Tsuchiya, Kuniaki ^c   Kondo, Hiromi ^b   Oda, Tatsuro ^d   Ikeda, Kenji ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN MATSUZAWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d National Hospital Organization Shimofusa Psychiatric Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bodian stain; Corticobasal degeneration; Neurofibrillary tangles; Pretangles; Tau

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARGYROPHILIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER STAINING;

AGED; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; SILVER STAINING; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0031739071     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050934     Document Type: Article

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