Morphological investigation of neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's disease.
There are two types of neurofibrillary tangles, namely, a twisted tubule and a straight or uniform tubule in the same cell in the brain with Alzheimer's disease. However, in some parts of the same fibril, both the twisted and straight tubules clearly could be seen as a continuation of each other. This finding suggests that both of the tubules have a deep relation to each other, especially at the molecular level. This might also suggest the possibility of both tubules which mutually transform into each other.
Miyakawa
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Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kumamoto University Medical School, Japan.
Katsuragi
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Yamashita
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Ohuchi
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D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008870:Microtubules / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D016874:Neurofibrillary Tangles / Q000473:pathology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000473:pathology; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000473:pathology