Synapse loss in frontal cortex biopsies in Alzheimer's disease: Correlation with cognitive severity

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 457-464

  DeKosky, Steven T ^a,b,c   Scheff, Stephen W ^a,b,c  

^a Institute of Neurology   (United States)

^b Lexington Veterans Administration and University of Kentucky Medical Centers ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOPSY; CELL COUNT; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0025269152     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410270502     Document Type: Article

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