Perivascular orientation of astrocytic plaques and tuft-shaped astrocytes

Brain Research

Volumn 1404, Issue , 2011, Pages 50-54

  Shibuya, Katsuhiko ^a,b   Yagishita, Saburo ^c   Nakamura, Ayako ^a   Uchihara, Toshiki ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Yokohama Houyuu Hospital   (Japan)

^c KANAGAWA REHABILITATION CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocytic plaque; Blood vessel; Tau; Three dimensional image; Tuft shaped astrocyte

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORYLATED TAU; TAU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUFT SHAPED ASTROCYTE;

AGED; ASTROCYTES; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BLOOD VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 79960424170     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. D.W. Dickson, C. Bergeron, S.S. Chin, C. Duyckaerts, D. Horoupian, K. Ikeda, K. Jellinger, P.L. Lantos, C.F. Lippa, S.S. Mirra, M. Tabaton, J.P. Vonsattel, K. Wakabayashi, and I. Litvan Office of Rare Diseases neuropathologic criteria for corticobasal degeneration J. Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol. 61 2002 935 946 (Pubitemid 35278715)
2. M.B. Feany, and D.W. Dickson Widespread cytoskeletal pathology characterizes corticobasal degeneration Am. J. Pathol. 146 1995 1388 1396
3. M.B. Feany, H. Ksiezak-Reding, W.K. Liu, I. Vincent, S.H. Yen, and D.W. Dickson Epitope expression and hyperphosphorylation of tau protein in corticobasal degeneration: differentiation from progressive supranuclear palsy Acta Neuropathol. 90 1995 37 43
4. M. Hattori, Y. Hashizume, M. Yoshida, Y. Iwasaki, N. Hishikawa, R. Ueda, and K. Ojika Distribution of astrocytic plaques in the corticobasal degeneration brain and comparison with tuft-shaped astrocytes in the progressive supranuclear palsy brain Acta Neuropathol. 106 2003 143 149 (Pubitemid 36869249)
5. J.J. Hauw, M. Verny, P. Delaere, P. Cervera, Y. He, and C. Duyckaerts Constant neurofibrillary changes in the neocortex in progressive supranuclear palsy. Basic differences with Alzheimer's disease and aging Neurosci. Lett. 119 1990 182 186 (Pubitemid 20379252)
6. J.J. Hauw, S.E. Daniel, D. Dickson, D.S. Horoupian, K. Jellinger, P.L. Lantos, A. McKee, M. Tabaton, and I. Litvan Preliminary NINDS neuropathologic criteria for Steele-Richardson-Olszewski syndrome (progressive supranuclear palsy) Neurology 44 1994 2015 2019 (Pubitemid 24349498)
7. K. Ichihara, T. Uchihara, A. Nakamura, Y. Suzuki, and T. Mizutani Selective deposition of 4-repeat tau in cerebral infarcts J. Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol. 68 2009 1029 1036
8. O. Katsuse, E. Iseki, T. Arai, H. Akiyama, T. Togo, H. Uchikado, M. Kato, R. de Silva, A. Lees, and K. Kosaka 4-repeat tauopathy sharing pathological and biochemical features of corticobasal degeneration and progressive supranuclear palsy Acta Neuropathol. 106 2003 251 260 (Pubitemid 37021257)
9. T. Komori, N. Arai, M. Oda, H. Nakayama, H. Mori, S. Yagishita, T. Takahashi, N. Amano, S. Murayama, S. Murakami, N. Shibata, M. Kobayashi, S. Sasaki, and M. Iwata Astrocytic plaques and tufts of abnormal fibers do not coexist in corticobasal degeneration and progressive supranuclear palsy Acta Neuropathol. 96 1998 401 408 (Pubitemid 28451146)
10. C.F. Tan, Y.S. Piao, A. Kakita, M. Yamada, H. Takano, M. Tanaka, A. Mano, K. Makino, M. Nishizawa, K. Wakabayashi, and H. Takahashi Frontotemporal dementia with co-occurrence of astrocytic plaques and tufted astrocytes, and severe degeneration of the cerebral white matter: a variant of corticobasal degeneration? Acta Neuropathol. 109 2005 329 338 (Pubitemid 41166603)
11. T. Uchihara, K. Mitani, H. Mori, H. Kondo, M. Yamada, and K. Ikeda Abnormal cytoskeletal pathology peculiar to corticobasal degeneration is different from that of Alzheimer's disease or progressive supranuclear palsy Acta Neuropathol. 88 1994 379 383 (Pubitemid 24309403)
12. T. Uchihara Silver diagnosis in neuropathology: principles, practice and revised interpretation Acta Neuropathol. 113 2007 483 499 (Pubitemid 46672595)
13. H.V. Vinters, and B.K. Kleinschmidt-DeMasters Astrocytes S. Love, D.N. Loui, D.W. Ellison, Greenfield's neuropathology Vol. 1 2008 Edward Arnold London 8 22
14. T. Yamada, D.B. Calne, H. Akiyama, E.G. McGeer, and P.L. McGeer Further observations on Tau-positive glia in the brains with progressive supranuclear palsy Acta Neuropathol. 85 1993 308 315 (Pubitemid 23081180)