Morphologic difference of neuropil threads in Alzheimer's disease, corticobasal degeneration and progressive supranuclear palsy: A morphometric study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 233, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 89-92

  Komori, Takashi ^a   Arai, Nobutaka ^a   Oda, Masaya ^b   Nakayama, Hiroshi ^b   Murayama, Shigeo ^c   Amano, Naoji ^c   Shibata, Noriyuki ^d   Kobayashi, Makio ^d   Sasaki, Shoichi ^d   Yagishita, Saburo ^e  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KANAGAWA REHABILITATION CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Corticobasal degeneration; Feature analysis; Morphometry; Neuropil threads; Progressive supranuclear palsy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROPIL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPIL THREADS; SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE;

EID: 0343416852     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00635-6     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Arima, K., Tubular profile of the Gallyas- and tau-positive argyrophilic threads in corticobasal degeneration: an electron microscopic study, Neuropathology, 16 (1996) 65-70.
2. Arima, K., Nakamura, M., Sunohara, N., Ogawa, M., Anno, M., Izumiyama, Y., Horai, S. and Ikeda, K., Ultrastructural characterization of the tau-immunoreactive tubules in the oligodendroglial perikarya and their inner loop processes in progressive supranuclear palsy, Acta Neuropathol., 93 (1997) 558-566.
3. Braak, E., Braak, H. and Mandelkow, E.M., A sequence of cytoskeleton changes related to the formation of neurofibrillary tangles and neuropil threads, Acta Neuropathol., 87 (1994) 554-567.
4. Braak, H. and Braak, E., Neuropil threads occur in dendrites of tangle-bearing nerve cells, Neuropathol. Appl. Neurobiol., 14 (1988) 39-44.
5. Braak, H., Braak, E., Grundke Iqbal, I. and Iqbal, K., Occurrence of neuropil threads in the senile human brain and in Alzheimer's disease: a third location of paired helical filaments outside of neurofibrillary tangles and neuritic plaques, Neurosci. Lett., 65 (1986) 351-355.
6. Braak, H., Braak, E., Ohm, T. and Bohl, J., Silver impregnation of Alzheimer's neurofibrillary changes counterstained for basophilic material and lipofuscin pigment, Stain Technol., 63 (1988) 197-200.
7. Feany, M.B. and Dickson, D.W., Neurodegenerative disorders with extensive tau pathology: a comparative study and review, Ann. Neurol., 40 (1996) 139-148.
8. Feany, M.B., Ksiezakreding, H., Liu, W.K., Vincent, I., Yen, S.H.C. and Dickson, D.W., Epitope expression and hyperphosphorylation of tau protein in corticobasal degeneration - differentiation from progressive supranuclear palsy, Acta Neuropathol., 90 (1995) 37-43.
9. Hauw, J.J., Verny, M., Delaere, P., Cervera, P., He, Y. and Duyckaerts, C., Constant neurofibrillary changes in the neocortex in progressive supranuclear palsy. Basic differences with Alzheimer's disease and aging, Neurosci. Lett., 119 (1990) 182-186.
10. Ikeda, K., Akiyama, H., Haga, C., Kondo, H., Arima, K. and Oda, T., Argyrophilic thread-like structure in corticobasal degeneration and supranuclear palsy, Neurosci. Lett., 174 (1994) 157-159.
11. Iqbal, K., Braak, E., Braak, H., Zaidi, T. and Grundke Iqbal, I., A silver impregnation method for labeling both Alzheimer paired helical filaments and their polypeptides separated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, Neurobiol. Aging, 12 (1991) 357-361.
12. Komori, T., Shibata, N., Kobayashi, M. and Sasaki, S., Argyrophilic meshwork structures in the cerebral cortex of patients with progressive supranuclear palsy, Neuropathology, 16 (1995) 1-5.
13. Komori, T., Shibata, N., Kobayashi, M., Sasaki, S. and Iwata, M., Cerebral cortical abnormality in patients with progressive supranuclear palsy: a pathological study, Neurobiol. Aging, 17 (1996) 69.
14. Litvan, I., Hauw, J.J., Bartko, J.J., Lantos, P.L., Daniel, S.E., Horoupian, D.S., McKee, A., Dickson, D., Bancher, C., Tabaton, M., Jellinger, K. and Anderson, D.W., Validity and reliability of the preliminary NINDS neuropathologic criteria for progressive supranuclear palsy and related disorders, J. Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol., 55 (1996) 97-105.
15. Mirra, S.S., Heyman, A., McKeel, D., Sumi, S.M., Crain, B.J., Brownlee, L.M., Vogel, F.S., Hughes, J.P., van Belle, G. and Berg, L., The consortium to establish a registry for Alzheimer's disease (CERAD). Part II. Standardization of the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer's disease, Neurology, 41 (1991) 479-486.
16. Wakabayashi, K., Oyanagi, K., Makifuchi, T., Ikuta, F., Homma, A., Homma, Y., Horikawa, Y. and Tokiguchi, S., Corticobasal degeneration: etiopathological significance of the cytoskeletal alterations, Acta Neuropathol., 87 (1994) 545-553.