Rat microglia exhibit increased density on Alzheimer's plaques in vitro

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 42-50

  Joshi, Shubhada N ^a   Crutcher, Keith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Microglia; Plaques; Tissue section culture

Indexed keywords

ACETYL LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; THIOFLAVINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROGLIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 0031951889     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6678     Document Type: Article

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