Sequestration of RNA in Alzheimer's disease neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 200-209

  Ginsberg, Stephen D ^a   Crino, Peter B ^a   Lee, Virginia M Y ^a   Eberwine, James H ^a   Trojanowski, John Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; RNA; THIOFLAVINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; RNA; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0031045396     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410410211     Document Type: Article

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