Amyloid β-protein (Aβ) accumulation in the leptomeninges during aging and in Alzheimer disease

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 922-932

  Hamano, Tadanori ^a,d   Yoshimura, Masahiro ^b   Yamazaki, Tsuneo ^a   Shinkai, Yasuhisa ^a   Yanagisawa, Katsuhiko ^c   Kuriyama, Masaru ^d   Ihara, Yasuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Medical Examiner's Office   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Amyloid protein; Leptomeningeal vessel; Leptomeninges

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT;

EID: 0030855495     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199708000-00010     Document Type: Article

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