Cerebral microischemia as a potential precipitant of the neurodegenerative cascade of Alzheimer's disease

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 826, Issue , 1997, Pages 437-439

  Richardson, J Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CALCIUM ION; FREE RADICAL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE DEGENERATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 0030668817     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48499.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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