A human granin-like neuroendocrine peptide precursor (proSAAS) immunoreactivity in tau inclusions of Alzheimer's disease and parkinsonism-dementia complex on Guam

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 356, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-52

  Wada, Manabu ^a   Ren, Chang Hong ^a   Koyama, Shingo ^a   Arawaka, Shigeki ^a   Kawakatsu, Shinobu ^a   Kimura, Hideki ^a   Nagasawa, Hikaru ^a   Kawanami, Toru ^a   Kurita, Keiji ^a   Daimon, Makoto ^a   Hirano, Asao ^b   Kato, Takeo ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Immunohistochemistry; Neurofibrillary tangle; Parkinsonism dementia complex; proSAAS; Tau

Indexed keywords

GRANIN LIKE NEUROENDOCRINE PEPTIDE PRECURSOR; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; TAU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN TISSUE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL INCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEURITE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 9144266270     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.11.028     Document Type: Article

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