A sex difference in neurodegeneration of the human hypothalamus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-106

  Schultz, Christian ^a   Braak, Heiko ^a   Braak, Eva ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abnormal phosphorylation; Alzheimer's disease; Human hypothalamus; Infundibular nucleus; Median eminence; Neurofibrillary change; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030581102     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12787-7     Document Type: Article

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