Unusual tau pathology of the cerebellum in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/parkinsonism–dementia complex from the Kii Peninsula, Japan

Brain Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 287-291

  Morimoto, Satoru ^a,b   Hatsuta, Hiroyuki ^a   Kokubo, Yasumasa ^c   Nakano, Yuta ^a   Hasegawa, Masato ^d   Yoneda, Misao ^e   Hirokawa, Yoshifumi ^b   Kuzuhara, Shigeki ^e   Shiraishi, Taizo ^f   Murayama, Shigeo ^a  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e SUZUKA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^f Kuwana Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Kii Peninsula; parkinsonism dementia complex; Purkinje cell; tau

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CALBINDIN; TAU PROTEIN; MAPT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPAN; LETTER; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PARKINSONISM; PURKINJE CELL; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; SYNDROME;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CEREBELLUM; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; SYNDROME; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 85023638481     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12500     Document Type: Letter

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