Microtubule-associated protein tau, heparan sulphate and α-synuclein in several neurodegenerative diseases with dementia

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 585-594

  Spillantini, M G ^a   Tolnay, M ^a,c,d   Love, S ^b   Goedert, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Synuclein; Heparan sulphate; Microtubule associated protein tau; Neurodegenerative diseases; Neurofibrillary tangles

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; ANTIBODY; HEPARAN SULFATE; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEWY BODY; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; PANENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SYNAPTOSOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEPARITIN SULFATE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROFIBRILS; SYNUCLEINS; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0032923260     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010051034     Document Type: Article

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