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Immunohistochemical localization of neurofilament protein in neuronal degenerations

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The immunohistochemical localization of human neurofilament proteins was studied in a variety of neuronal changes by the peroxidase-antiperoxidase method using antisera raised against each of the subunit proteins of human neurofilament. Torpedoes of the cerebellum, axonal spheroids of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis as well as of infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy, and neurofibrillary changes in a case of Pick's disease were consistently immunostained. Occasionally, a positive immunoreactivity was also observed in Lewy bodies, in neurofibrillary tangles of progressive supranuclear palsy, and in neuritic processes of senile plaques. Neurofibrillary tangles of Alzheimer type and Pick's bodies, however, did not react with the antisera. These data indicate that the human neurofilament doesnot share major antigenic determinants of its subunit protein with either Alzheimer's neurofibrillary tangles or Pick's bodies.

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  1. Dept. of Pathology, Gunma University School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, 371, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

    Y. Nakazato, A. Sasaki & Y. Ishida

  2. Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, Isesaki Municipal Hospital, 1180 Tsunatori-machi, 372, Isesaki, Gunma, Japan

    J. Hirato

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Nakazato, Y., Sasaki, A., Hirato, J. et al. Immunohistochemical localization of neurofilament protein in neuronal degenerations. Acta Neuropathol 64, 30–36 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00695603

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