Pattern of tau-1 and ubiquitin immunoreactivity in the white matter of temporal lobe in senile and with Alzheimer's disease brains

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 48-54

  Taraszewska, Anna ^a   Barcikowska, Maria ^a   Zelman, Irmina Barbara ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Immunocytochemistry; Tau protein; Ubiquitin; White matter

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; TAU PROTEINS; TEMPORAL LOBE; UBIQUITINS;

EID: 84901308883     PISSN: 00283894     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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