The pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease: An alternative to the amyloid hypothesis

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1023-1025

  Terry, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Axoplasmic flow; Cytoskeleton; Golgi; Synapses; Transmitters

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BRAIN PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PRESENILIN; TAU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AXOPLASM FLOW; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 19; CHROMOSOME 21; CYTOSKELETON; DEMENTIA; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

EID: 0029795197     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199655100-00001     Document Type: Article

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