High prevalence of thorn-shaped astrocytes in the aged human medial temporal lobe

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 397-405

  Schultz, Christian ^a   Ghebremedhin, Estifanos ^a   Tredici, Kelly Del ^a   Rüb, Udo ^a   Braak, Heiko ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Argyrophilic grain disease; Astrocyte; Glial fibrillary tangles; Hyperphosphorylated tau protein; Tau protein

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN SLICE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SILVER STAINING; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 1242316179     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(03)00113-1     Document Type: Article

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