Filament heterogeneity within the dystrophic neurites of senile plaques suggests blockage of fast axonal transport in Alzheimer's disease

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 226-235

  Praprotnik, Darja ^a   Smith, Mark A ^a   Richey, Peggy L ^a   Vinters, Harry V ^b   Perry, George ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

protein precursor; Amyloid ; Axonal transport; Cytoskeleton; Neurofilaments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEURITE; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; AXONAL TRANSPORT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NEURITES; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES;

EID: 0030049915     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050420     Document Type: Article

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