Convergence of Lewy bodies and neurofibrillary tangles in amygdala neurons of Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body disorders

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 475-481

  Schmidt, Marie Luise ^a   Martin, John A ^a   Lee, Virginia M Y ^a   Trojanowski, John Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Dementia pathology; Lewy bodies; Neurofibrillary tangles; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEWY BODY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALA; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEWY BODIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEURONS; PARKINSON DISEASE; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0030004466     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050454     Document Type: Article

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