Histological evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in a large series of neurodegenerative diseases

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 891-893

  Ling, Helen ^a   Holton, Janice L ^a   Shaw, Karen ^a   Davey, Karen ^a   Lashley, Tammaryn ^a   Revesz, Tamas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASTROCYTE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MEDICAL RECORD; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEOCORTEX; NEURITE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PICK PRESENILE DEMENTIA; PONS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; RUGBY; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; COMPLICATION; METABOLISM; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY;

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MAPT PROTEIN, HUMAN; SNCA PROTEIN, HUMAN; TAU PROTEIN; TDP-43 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84947618908     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-015-1496-y     Document Type: Letter

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