Spatial and temporal distribution of intracellular free cholesterol in brains of a Niemann-Pick type C mouse model showing hyperphosphorylated tau protein. Implications for Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-103

  Treiber Held, Stephanie ^a   Distl, Roland ^a   Meske, Volker ^a   Albert, Frank ^a   Ohm, Thomas G ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Filipin; Intracellular cholesterol accumulation; Mouse model; Niemann Pick type C disease; NPC1

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; EPITOPE; FILIPIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CELL LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENSITOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FIBROBLAST; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMOZYGOSITY; MICROFLUOROMETRY; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SILVER STAINING; SPLEEN CELL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLESTEROL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEURONS; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PONS; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0037986815     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.1345     Document Type: Article

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