Variation in tau isoform expression in different brain regions and disease states

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1922.e7-1922.e12

  Majounie, Elisa ^a,b   Cross, William ^a   Newsway, Victoria ^a   Dillman, Allissa ^b   Vandrovcova, Jana ^c   Morris, Christopher M ^d   Nalls, Michael A ^b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b   Owen, Michael J ^a   O'Donovan, Michael C ^a   Cookson, Mark R ^b   Singleton, Andrew B ^b   de Silva, Rohan ^c   Morris, Huw R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MAPT; Progressive supranuclear palsy; Tauopathies

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MAPT GENE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 84875861863     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.01.017     Document Type: Article

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