Aberrant expression of the constitutive endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene in Alzheimer disease

Molecular and Chemical Neuropathology

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 139-159

  De La Monte, Suzanne M ^b   Bloch, Kenneth D ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Constitutive endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene; Down syndrome; dystrophic dendrites; neuritic sprouting; neuronal cells

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DENDRITE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031052460     PISSN: 10447393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02815155     Document Type: Article

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