Ultrastructural localization of butyrylcholinesterase in senile plaques in the brains of aged and Alzheimer disease patients

Molecular and Chemical Neuropathology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 161-173

  Gómez Ramos, Pilar ^a   Moran M A ^a  

^a Tufts University   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Alzheimer disease; Amyloid; Butyrylcholinesterase; Cholinesterases; Primitive plaques; protein

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CHOLINESTERASE;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0030925328     PISSN: 10447393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02815095     Document Type: Article

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