Apolipoprotein E, plaques, tangles and cholinergic dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 777, Issue , 1996, Pages 166-174

  Beffert, U ^a   Poirier, J ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOGENESIS; RAT; SENILE PLAQUE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030009670     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb34415.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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