Corticobasal degeneration with focal, massive tau accumulation in the subcortical white matter astrocytes

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-348

  Sakai, Kenji ^a,f   Piao, Yue Shan ^b   Kikugawa, Koki ^c   Ohara, Shinji ^d   Hasegawa, Masato ^e   Takano, Hiroki ^a   Fukase, Masayuki ^c   Nishizawa, Masatoyo ^a   Kakita, Akiyoshi ^a   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Tsuruoka City Shonai Hospital   (Japan)

^d Matsumoto Hospital   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^f KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Corticobasal degeneration; Dementia; Subcortical white matter; Tauopathy

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

AGED; AGRAPHIA; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOPSY; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CELL DAMAGE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FROZEN SECTION; GAIT DISORDER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; TAUOPATHY; URINE INCONTINENCE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTROCYTES; ATROPHY; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; SILVER STAINING; SPINAL CORD; TAU PROTEINS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 33747808575     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-006-0093-5     Document Type: Article

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