Spatial, temporal and numeric analysis of Alzheimer changes in the nucleus coeruleus

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 401-406

  Busch, C ^a   Bohl, J ^b   Ohm, T G ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cell loss; Locus coeruleus; Neurofibrillary tangles; Topography

Indexed keywords

NEUROMELANIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOCUS CERULEUS; NERVE CELL; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; TOPOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL COUNT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MELANINS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEURONS;

EID: 0030820317     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(97)00035-3     Document Type: Article

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