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  1. Tau-positive grains are constant in centenarians' hippocampus 2009-08-19
  2. Tau-positive fine granules in the cerebral white matter: a novel finding among the tauopathies exclusive to parkinsonism-dementia complex of Guam 2005-10-01

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Date range

2005 to 2009

Top journals

  • Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology 1
  • Neurobiology of aging 1

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  1. Tau-positive grains are constant in centenarians' hippocampus

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2009-08-19 Drug development

    The influence of age on the prevalence of argyrophilic grain disease has been analyzed in the hippocampus from 29 centenarians.

  2. Tau-positive fine granules in the cerebral white matter: a novel finding among the tauopathies exclusive to parkinsonism-dementia complex of Guam

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology 2005-10-01 Drug development

    We examined the autopsied brains of cases of 6 types of tauopathy: parkinsonism-dementia complex of Guam (PDC), corticobasal degeneration (CBD), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), Pick disease, Alzheimer disease (AD), and myotonic dystrophy together with Guamanian controls.

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