Silver stainings distinguish Lewy bodies and glial cytoplasmic inclusions: Comparison between Gallyas-Braak and Campbell-Switzer methods

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-260

  Uchihara, Toshiki ^a   Nakamura, Ayako ^a   Mochizuki, Yoko ^b   Hayashi, Masaharu ^a   Orimo, Satoshi ^c   Isozaki, Eiji ^b   Mizutani, Toshio ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c The Mutualaid Association of Public School Teachers)   (Japan)

Author keywords

Synuclein; Argyrophilia; Campbell Switzer; Diagnosis; Gallyas Braak

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; FLUOROCHROME; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UBIQUITIN;

ADULT; AFFINITY LABELING; AGED; ARGYROPHILIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL INCLUSION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEWY BODY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SILVER STAINING;

AGED; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSION BODIES; LEWY BODIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SILVER STAINING; UBIQUITIN;

EID: 26444519224     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-005-1044-2     Document Type: Article

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