Severe cardiovascular disease and alzheimer's disease: Senile plaque formation in cortical areas

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 118-127

  Soneira, Carlos F ^a,b   Scott, Thomas M ^a  

^a CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Coronary arten Disease; Hippocampus; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES;

EID: 0029873930     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2353(1996)9:2<118::aid-ca4>3.0.co;2-d     Document Type: Article

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