Cellular tau pathology and immunohistochemical study of tau isoforms in sporadic tauopathies

Neuropathology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 457-470

  Yoshida, Mari ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argyrophilic grain disease; Corticobasal degeneration; Pick's disease; Progressive supranuclear palsy; Tau isoform composition; Tauopathy

Indexed keywords

POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; TAU PROTEIN;

ASTROCYTE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CADAVER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; EXON; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TAU PROTEINS; TAUOPATHIES;

EID: 33748996792     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2006.00743.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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