Association of cholinesterases with amyloid in extracellular neurofibrillary tangles

Brain Research

Volumn 769, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 173-177

  Cebrián, Jose Luis ^a   Morán, María Asunción ^a   Gómez Ramos, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid; Neurofibrillary degeneration; Tangle

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CHOLINESTERASE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; BRAIN; CHOLINESTERASES; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030662480     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00843-3     Document Type: Article

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