Plaque biogenesis in brain aging and Alzheimer's disease. I. Progressive changes in phosphorylation states of paired helical filaments and neurofilaments

Brain Research

Volumn 739, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 79-87

  Su, Joseph H ^a   Cummings, Brian J ^a   Cotman, Carl W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; dystrophic neurite; hyper phosphorylation; neurofilament; neuropathology; paired helical filament; senile plaque

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROFILAMENT; PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SENILE PLAQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SILVER STAINING; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0030580439     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)00811-6     Document Type: Article

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