Spatial patterns of the tau pathology in progressive supranuclear palsy

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 337-344

  Armstrong, Richard A ^a   Cairns, Nigel J ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurofibrillary tangle (NFT); Oligodendroglial inclusion (GI); Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP); Spatial pattern; Tufted astrocyte (TA)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; CELL DENSITY; CELL INCLUSION; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; GLIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; OLIGODENDROGLIAL INCLUSION; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; SENILE PLAQUE; SUBCORTEX; TAUOPATHY; TUFTED ASTROCYTE;

AGED; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84879694314     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-012-1006-0     Document Type: Article

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