Perivascular nerves of the human basal cerebral arteries: II. Changes in aging and Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1048-1057

  Bleys, Ronald L A W ^a   Cowen, Tim ^b   Groen, Gerbrand J ^a   Hillen, Berend ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Cerebral arteries; Cerebrovascular nerves; Humans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INNERVATION; BRAIN ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029763525     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199609000-00030     Document Type: Article

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