Ultrastructural aspects of neurofibrillary tangle formation in aging and Alzheimer's disease

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-58

  Gómez Ramos, Pilar ^a   Morán, Maria Asunción ^a  

^a AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

AT 8 antibody; Neurofibrillary tangle; Paired helical filament; Phosphorylated tau

Indexed keywords

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION;

AGING DISEASES; ALZHEIMERS DISEASE; AT-8 ANTIBODY; CORE REGION; HYPERPHOSPHORYLATED; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENTS; PHOSPHORYLATED TAU; TAU PROTEINS;

ANTIBODIES;

TAU PROTEIN;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 0032191726     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19981001)43:1<49::AID-JEMT8>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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