Tau protein aggregation in the frontal and entorhinal cortices as a function of aging

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-138

  Yang, Wencheng ^a   Lee, Cyn Ang ^b   Strong, Michael J ^a,b,c  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Frontotemporal dementia; Microtubule associated tau; Pick's disease

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSION BODIES; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; NEUROPIL THREADS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILVER STAINING; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 23644453446     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devbrainres.2005.02.004     Document Type: Article

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