Activated microglial cells are colocalized with perivascular deposits of amyloid-β protein in Alzheimer's disease brain'

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Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1948-1950

  Uchihara, Toshiki ^a,b   Akiyama, Haruhiko ^a   Kondo, Hiromi ^a   Ikeda, Kenji ^a  

^a Department of Neurology ^*

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Confocal; Microglia; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNAPSE VESICLE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0030691019     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.10.1948     Document Type: Article

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