Paired helical filament morphology varies with intracellular location in Alzheimer's disease brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-44

  Kurt, M A ^a,b   Davies, D C ^a   Kidd, M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Neurofibrillary tangles; Neuropil threads; Pathogenesis; Senile plaques; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEURITE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPIL; PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURITES; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEUROPIL THREADS; PARIETAL LOBE;

EID: 0031565991     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00876-8     Document Type: Article

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