Cholesterol storage and tau pathology in Niemann-Pick type C disease in the brain

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 104-111

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

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Intracellular cholesterol accumulation; Neurofibrillary tangles; Niemann Pick type C disease

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FILIPIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL LEVEL; CELL LOSS; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; OLFACTORY CORTEX; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE SLICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; FILIPIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEURONS; NEUROPIL THREADS; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASES; TAU PROTEINS; TAUOPATHIES;

EID: 0038701804     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.1320     Document Type: Article

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