Disease specificity and pathologic progression of tau pathology in brainstem nuclei of Alzheimer's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 491, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 122-126

  Dugger, Brittany N ^a   Tu, Michael ^a   Murray, Melissa E ^a   Dickson, Dennis W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Colliculi; Geniculate bodies; Pedunculopontine nucleus; Progressive supranuclear palsy; Substantia nigra; Tau

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TAUOPATHY; VISUAL REFLEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN STEM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 79951576248     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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