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. 2020 Oct;140(4):591-593.
doi: 10.1007/s00401-020-02192-0. Epub 2020 Jul 13.

Thorn-shaped astrocytes in the depth of cortical sulci in Western Pacific ALS/Parkinsonism-Dementia complex

Gabor G Kovacs  1   2   3   4 , John L Robinson  5 , Daniel P Perl  6 , Virginia M-Y Lee  5 , John Q Trojanowski  7
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Thorn-shaped astrocytes in the depth of cortical sulci in Western Pacific ALS/Parkinsonism-Dementia complex

Gabor G Kovacs et al. Acta Neuropathol. 2020 Oct.
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Fig. 1
GFAs in PDC (a, b; arrows). Subpial TSAs in the frontal cortex (c) showing focal accumulations at the surface (arrow). TSAs accumulate in the white matter (d). Subpial TSAs in the depth of sulci (e–h), associated occasionally with gray matter GFAs (e: arrows; g: box enlarged in h), without perivascular neuronal tangles. TSAs surrounding well-preserved motor neurons of the cervical spinal cord (i) and in the dentate gyrus (j). Scale bar in “a” represents 15 μm for a, b; 25 μm for i, j; 100 μm for e–g; 30 μm for c; 50 μm for h; and 250 μm for d
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