Quantitative assessment of synaptic density in the outer molecular layer of the hippocampal dentate gyrus in alzheimer’s disease

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 226-232

  Scheff, Stephen W ^a   Sparks, D Larry ^a   Price, Douglas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Dementia; Hippocampus; Limbic system; Synapses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0029793008     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106884     Document Type: Article

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