Identification of an aging-related spherical inclusion in the human brain

Pathology International

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 636-642

  Kimura, Takemi ^a,f   Fujise, Noboru ^a   Ono, Tsunehiko ^a   Shono, Masahiro ^b   Yuzuriha, Takefumi ^e   Katsuragi, Shoichi ^c   Takamatsu, Junichi ^c   Miyakawa, Taihei ^d   Kitamura, Toshinori ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Kikuchi Keifuen Hospital   (Japan)

^c Kikuchi National Hospital Division of Clinical Research   (Japan)

^d KUMAMOTO ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Hizen National Mental Hospital   (Japan)

^f KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Inclusion; Neurofibrillary tangle; Phosphorylation; Tau

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL INCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DENSITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INCLUSION BODIES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOPEPTIDES; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0036434547     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2002.01402.x     Document Type: Article

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