Neurofibrillary tangles of Guam parkinson-dementia are associated with reactive microglia and complement proteins

Brain Research

Volumn 707, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 196-205

  Schwab, Claudia ^a   Steele, John C ^b   McGeer, Patrick L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Guam Memorial Hospital   (Guam)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Amyloid P; Inflammation; Microglia; Reactive astrocyte; Amyloid protein

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICROGLIA; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030020028     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01257-5     Document Type: Article

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