Retinal pathology in Alzheimer's disease. I. Ganglion cell loss in foveal/parafoveal retina

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 377-384

  Blanks, Janet C ^a   Torigoe, Yasuhiro ^b   Hinton, David R ^c   Blanks, Robert H I ^b  

^a DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Doheny Vision Research Center ^*

Author keywords

aging; Alzheimer's disease; central retina; fovea foveola; ganglion cells; human retina; neuronal degeneration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA FOVEA;

EID: 0029892805     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-4580(96)00010-3     Document Type: Article

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