Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS)-like immunoreactivity in argyrophilic, tau-positive astrocytes in progressive supranuclear palsy

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 338-344

  Komori, Takashi ^a,b   Shibata, Noriyuki ^b   Kobayashi, Makio ^b   Sasaki, Shoichi ^b   Iwata, Makoto ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Mn superoxide dismutase; Progressive supranuclear palsy; Tau positive astrocytes; Tufts of abnormal fibers

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEROXYNITRITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TAU PROTEIN; TYROSINE;

AGED; ARGENTAFFIN CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTROCYTES; CELL SURVIVAL; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSION BODIES; ISOENZYMES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OLIGODENDROGLIA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0031952714     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050808     Document Type: Article

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