Cerebral vessels in ageing and Alzheimer's disease

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 193-214

  Kalaria, Rajesh N ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ageing; Alzheimer's disease; blood brain barrier; cerebral amyloid angiopathy; cerebral vessels; microvasculature

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN VEIN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ENDOTHELIUM; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CAPILLARIES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL VEINS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR;

EID: 0030452414     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-7258(96)00116-7     Document Type: Review

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