Neuronal expression of mRNAs for complement proteins of the classical pathway in Alzheimer brain

Brain Research

Volumn 769, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 391-395

  Shen, Yong ^a   Li, Rena ^a   McGeer, Edith G ^b   McGeer, Patrick L ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Hippocampus; Hybridization, in situ; Neurodegenerative disease; Neuroinflammatory; Pyramidal neuron; Temporal cortex

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBELLUM; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SENILE PLAQUE; VISUAL CORTEX;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, CLASSICAL; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; HUMANS; NEURONS; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030779518     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00850-0     Document Type: Article

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