Amyloid precursor protein mRNAs in Alzheimer's disease

Neurodegeneration

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 409-415

  Harrison, Paul J ^a   Wighton Benn, Wendy H ^b   Heffernan, Josephine M ^b   Sanders, Maurice W ^b   Pearson, R Carl A ^b  

^a WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dementia; Gene expression; Human brain; In situ hybridization; Messenger RNA; amyloid

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030483621     PISSN: 10558330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/neur.1996.0055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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