Amygdala Granular Fuzzy Astrocytes Are Independently Associated with Both LATE Neuropathologic Change and Argyrophilic Grains: a Study of Japanese Series with a Low to Moderate Braak Stage

Overview

Journal Acta Neuropathol Commun

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty Neurology

Date 2023 Sep 12

PMID 37697414

Authors

Osamu Yokota

Tomoko Miki

Hanae Nakashima-Yasuda

Hideki Ishizu

Takashi Haraguchi

Chikako Ikeda

Akinori Miyashita

Takeshi Ikeuchi

Shintaro Takenoshita

Seishi Terada

Manabu Takaki

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