Pattern of brain destruction in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 455-490

  Braak, H ^a,d   Braak, E ^a   Yilmazer, D ^a   De Vos, R A I ^b   Jansen, E N H ^b   Bohl, J ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Streeklaboratoria Voor Pathologie   (Netherlands)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Department of Anatomy ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Lewy bodies; Lewy neurite; Limbic system; Neurofibrillary changes; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CYTOSKELETON; DISEASE COURSE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEWY BODY; LIMBIC CORTEX; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEOCORTEX; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPIL; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 0029940510     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01276421     Document Type: Article

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