Pretangles and neurofibrillary changes: Similarities and differences between AD and CBD based on molecular and morphological evolution

Neuropathology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 571-577

  Uchihara, Toshiki ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticobasal degeneration; Electron microscopy; Four repeat tau; Ghost tangles; Tau

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; TAU PROTEIN; MAPT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRETANGLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84915767880     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/neup.12108     Document Type: Article

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