Active caspase-6 and caspase-6-cleaved tau in neuropil threads, neuritic plaques, and neurofibrillary tangles of Alzheimer's disease

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 523-531

  Guo, Huishan ^a,b   Albrecht, Steffen ^a,c   Bourdeau, Martine ^c   Petzke, Tracy ^b   Bergeron, Catherine ^d   LeBlanc, Andrea C ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CASPASE 6; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPITOPE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 3242811902     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)63317-2     Document Type: Article

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