Direct determination of the proportion of intra- and extra-cellular neocortical neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's disease

Brain Research

Volumn 971, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 135-137

  Vickers, James C ^a   Tan, Adeline ^a   Dickson, Tracey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Microtubule associated protein 2; Neocortex; Tau; Thioflavine

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; TAU PROTEIN; THIOFLAVINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL LOSS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

EID: 0037414407     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02429-6     Document Type: Article

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