Tubulin immunopositive structures resembling intracellular neurofibrillary tangles

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-45

  Schwab, C ^a   McGeer, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Cytoskeletal proteins; Down Syndrome; Immunohistochemistry; Parkinsonism dementia complex of Guam

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DOWN SYNDROME; GUAM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PARKINSON DISEASE; TAU PROTEINS; TUBULIN;

EID: 0031960785     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(97)00165-6     Document Type: Article

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