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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 28.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Neuropathol. 2011 Nov 6;123(1):119–132. doi: 10.1007/s00401-011-0898-8

Table 2.

Summary of immunohistochemical observations

Tau-nY18 Tau-nY29 Tau-nY197 Tau-nY394 Tau-Y197
CBD
 Neuropil threads ± + + +
 Coiled bodies + +
 Perinuclear inclusions + +
 Globose tangles + +
 Astrocytic plaques +
PSP
 Globose tangles + +
 Neuropil threads + + +
 Perinuclear inclusions + +
 Coiled bodies + ± +
 Thorny and tufted astrocytes + +
PiD
 Pick bodies ± + + +
 Coiled bodies ± +
 Neuropil threads + + +

Immunohistochemistry (IHC) was performed on tissue sections from corticobasal degeneration (CBD), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and Pick’s disease (PiD) using site-specific nitro-tau antibodies and the qualitative observations are presented above

+, pathology observed; −, pathology not observed; ±, limited pathology observed