Aging-related tau astrogliopathy (ARTAG): harmonized evaluation strategy

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 87-102

  Kovacs, Gabor G ^a   Ferrer, Isidro ^b   Grinberg, Lea T ^c,d   Alafuzoff, Irina ^e   Attems, Johannes ^f   Budka, Herbert ^g   Cairns, Nigel J ^h   Crary, John F ⁱ   Duyckaerts, Charles ^j   Ghetti, Bernardino ^k   Halliday, Glenda M ^l   Ironside, James W ^m   Love, Seth ⁿ   Mackenzie, Ian R ^o   Munoz, David G ^p   Murray, Melissa E ^q   Nelson, Peter T ^r   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^s   Trojanowski, John Q ^t   Ansorge, Olaf ^u   Arzberger, Thomas ^v   Baborie, Atik ^w   Beach, Thomas G ^x   Bieniek, Kevin F ^q   Bigio, Eileen H ^y   Bodi, Istvan ^z   Dugger, Brittany N ^x,aa   Feany, Mel ^ab   Gelpi, Ellen ^ac   Gentleman, Stephen M ^ad   Giaccone, Giorgio ^ae   Hatanpaa, Kimmo J ^af   Heale, Richard ^f   Hof, Patrick R ⁱ   Hofer, Monika ^u   Hortobágyi, Tibor ^ag   Jellinger, Kurt ^ah   Jicha, Gregory A ^r   Ince, Paul ^ai   Kofler, Julia ^aj   Kövari, Enikö ^ak   Kril, Jillian J ^al   Mann, David M ^am   Matej, Radoslav ^an   McKee, Ann C ^ao   McLean, Catriona ^ap   Milenkovic, Ivan ^a   Montine, Thomas J ^aq   Murayama, Shigeo ^ar   Lee, Edward B ^t   Rahimi, Jasmin ^a   Rodriguez, Roberta D ^d   Rozemüller, Annemieke ^as   Schneider, Julie A ^at   Schultz, Christian ^au   Seeley, William ^c   Seilhean, Danielle ^j   Smith, Colin ^m   Tagliavini, Fabrizio ^ae   Takao, Masaki ^av   Thal, Dietmar Rudolf ^aw,ax   Toledo, Jon B ^t   Tolnay, Markus ^ay   Troncoso, Juan C ^az   Vinters, Harry V ^ba   Weis, Serge ^bb   Wharton, Stephen B ^ai   White, Charles L ^af   Wisniewski, Thomas ^bc   Woulfe, John M ^bd   Yamada, Masahito ^be   Dickson, Dennis W ^q   more..

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^k INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^p ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^q MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^s NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^t UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^u JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^v LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^w WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^x SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^y NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^z KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ab BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^ac INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^ad IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^ae DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^af UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^ah INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL NEUROBIOLOGY   (Austria)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^al UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^am UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^an Thomayer's Teaching Hospital   (Czech Republic)

^ao BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ap ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^aq UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^ar Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^as NETHERLANDS BRAIN BANK   (Netherlands)

^at RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^au UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^av SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^aw UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^ax UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^ay UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^az JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ba UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^bb KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^bc NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^bd OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^be KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Aging; ARTAG; Tau; Tau astrogliopathy

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; GLIA; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TAUOPATHY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEUROGLIA; TAU PROTEINS; TAUOPATHIES;

EID: 84952984309     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-015-1509-x     Document Type: Article

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