Distinct isoforms of tau aggregated in neurons and glial cells in brains of patients with Pick's disease, corticobasal degeneration and progressive supranuclear palsy

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 167-173

  Arai, Tetsuaki ^a   Ikeda, Kenji ^a   Akiyama, Haruhiko ^a   Shikamoto, Yasuo ^b   Tsuchiya, Kuniaki ^c   Yagishita, Saburo ^d   Beach, Thomas ^e   Rogers, Joseph ^e   Schwab, Claudia ^f   McGeer, Patrick L ^f  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN MATSUZAWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KANAGAWA REHABILITATION CENTER   (Japan)

^e SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immunoblot; Immunohistochemistry; Neurodegenerative disease; Oligodendroglia; Pick body

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; RABBIT ANTISERUM; SARCOSINE; TAU PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL INCLUSION; COILED BODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; EXON; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SENILE PLAQUE;

ASTROCYTES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DETERGENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PICK DISEASE OF THE BRAIN; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SARCOSINE; SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0035146717     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010000283     Document Type: Article

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