Neuritic plaque evolution in Alzheimer's disease is accompanied by transition of activated microglia from primed to enlarged to phagocytic forms

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-5

  Sheng, Jin G ^a,b,c   Mrak, Robert E ^a,b   Griffin, W Sue T ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

amyloid; Alzheimer's disease; Inflammation; Microglia; Neuritic plaque

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROGLIA; NEURITE; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SENILE PLAQUE; SUBICULUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; MALE; MICROGLIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PHAGOCYTES;

EID: 0030757323     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050664     Document Type: Article

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