Adrenergic receptors in Alzheimer's disease brain: Selective increases in the cerebella of aggressive patients

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 5573-5580

  Russo Neustadt, Amelia ^a   Cotman, Carl W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Autoradiography; Behavioral disorder; Dementia; Frontal cortex; Hypothalamus; Receptor localization

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

AGED; AGGRESSION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY;

EID: 0030855803     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-14-05573.1997     Document Type: Article

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