Purkinje cell loss and astrocytosis in the cerebellum in familial and sporadic Alzheimer's disease

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-36

  Fukutani, Yuken ^a,b   Cairns, Nigel J ^a   Rossor, Martin N ^c   Lantos, Peter L ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

APP717 mutation; Astrocyte; Cerebellum; Familial Alzheimer's disease; Morphometry; Purkinje cell; Sporadic Alzheimer's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL;

EID: 0030590225     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12875-5     Document Type: Article

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