Glial tau pathology in neurodegenerative diseases: Their nature and comparison with neuronal tangles

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Ikeda, K ^a   Akiyama, H ^a   Arai, T ^a   Nishimura, T ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glial tangles; Neurofibrillary tangles; Pre tangles

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASTROCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTROCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSION BODIES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEUROGLIA; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0031957225     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(98)00034-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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