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Table 3 Percent of cases in different disease groups where astroglial tau pathology was seen without neuronal tau pathology

From: Sequential stages and distribution patterns of aging-related tau astrogliopathy (ARTAG) in the human brain

 

PSP

CBD

PiD

All other

TA

GFA

AP

GFA

RA

GFA

TA

GFA

Frontal

1.1

5.2

2.6

2.5

0

0

0.2

1

Parietal

7.7

11

0

0

0

5

0

1.4

Temporal

4.3

3.1

2.5

2.4

0

0

0

0.6

Occipital

26.2

32.9

2.6

7.3

5.3

26.3

0

0.3

Amygdala

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.2

Dentate gyrusa

0

2.2

0

0

0

0

0

1.4

Striatum

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.4

1.5

Substantia nigra

0

0

0

0

0

4.8

0

0.6

  1. TA tufted astrocyte, AP astrocytic plaque, RA ramified astrocyte, GFA granular/fuzzy astrocyte
  2. aNote that in the dentate gyrus the morphology resembles thorn-shaped astrocytes