Increased amount of zinc in the hippocampus and amygdala of Alzheimer's diseased brains: A proton-induced X-ray emission spectroscopic analysis of cryostat sections from autopsy material

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-59

  Danscher, Gorm ^a   Jensen, Knud Bjarne ^a   Frederickson, Christopher J ^b   Kemp, Kåre ^c   Andreasen, Arne ^a   Juhl, Søren ^a   Stoltenberg, Meredin ^a   Ravid, Rivka ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d NETHERLANDS BRAIN BANK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AMG; Cerebellum; Dementia; Neocortex; Nucleus caudatus; PIXE; Synaptic vesicles; Zinc enriched neurons

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEOCORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ZINC METABOLISM;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALA; AUTOPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; ZINC;

EID: 0030804608     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(97)00079-4     Document Type: Article

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