Tau-positive neurons in corticobasal degeneration and Alzheimer's disease - Distinction by thiazin red and silver impregnations

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 385-389

  Uchihara, Toshiki ^a   Nakamura, Ayako ^a   Yamazaki, Mineo ^a,b   Mori, Osamu ^c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Hatsuishi Hospital   (Japan)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Corticobasal degeneration; Paired helical filaments; Tau; Thiazin red

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCHROME; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 0033944507     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010000186     Document Type: Article

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