Dystrophic neurite formation associated with age-related β amyloid deposition in the neocortex: Clues to the genesis of neurofibrillary pathology

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-11

  Vickers, James C ^a   Chin, Devika ^a   Edwards, Ann Marie ^b   Sampson, Viola ^a   Harper, Clive ^d   Morrison, John ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURITE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030249343     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1996.0133     Document Type: Article

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