Association of Aβ40-positive senile plaques with microglial cells in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease and in non-demented aged individuals

Neurodegeneration

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-17

  Fukumoto, Hiroaki ^a,b   Asami Odaka, Asano ^b   Suzuki, Nobuhiro ^b   Iwatsubo, Takeshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid protein; Microglia; Senile plaque

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; FERRITIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0029923520     PISSN: 10558330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/neur.1996.0002     Document Type: Article

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