Tau protein pathology in Alzheimer's disease and related disorders

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-187

  Tolnay, M ^a,b   Probst, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17; Microtubule associated protein tau; Neurodegenerative disorders; Neurofibrillary tangles; Tau filaments; Tau isoforms

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 17; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE MUTATION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARALYSIS; PARKINSONISM; PICK PRESENILE DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0033142961     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2990.1999.00182.x     Document Type: Review

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