Pyramidal neuron loss is matched by ghost tangle increase in Guam parkinsonism-dementia hippocampus

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 409-416

  Schwab, Claudia ^a   Steele, John C ^b   McGeer, Patrick L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Guam Memorial Hospital   (Guam)

Author keywords

Amyloid P and Alz50 immunostaining; Hippocampus; Neurofibrillary tangles; Neuron density

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID P COMPONENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GUAM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PARKINSONISM; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SENILE PLAQUE; SILVER STAINING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GUAM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PARKINSON DISEASE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS;

EID: 0031679427     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050912     Document Type: Article

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